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We provide novel empirical models of the arms trade and focus on the role of energy dependence, in particular of oil, in explaining the trade of weapons between countries. Dramatic geopolitical events such as wars can cause significant disruptions in the supply of oil and increase oil prices....
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War or conflict is an activity of aggression and violence with weapons and new technologies for resolving internal and …
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Existing research has pointed to the decreasing effect of revolutions and wars on income inequality. It is unclear whether this reduction is the result of ongoing changes within countries before revolutions and wars or if the results are standalone effects. In this study, we focus on the case of...
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Existing research has pointed to the decreasing effect of revolutions and wars on income inequality. It is unclear whether this reduction is the result of ongoing changes within countries before revolutions and wars or if the results are standalone effects. In this study, we focus on the case of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013312860
development during and after conflict. Many businesses survive violent conflict, and in some cases even thrive. Understanding … these successes will help policymakers to support the 'coping economy' during civil wars, and to understand better the post-conflict …-capital intensive and non-trade intensive. -- production firms ; civil war ; conflict economics ; post-conflict recovery ; economic …
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We estimate the opportunity cost for Iran due to the Islamic revolution and eight years' war with Iraq (1978/79-1988). We apply the synthetic control method in order to compare Iran with a synthetic Iran and answer this counterfactual question. Our results show that, in total, an average Iranian...
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. Natural resource extraction can generate conflict and create an imperative to protect resource infrastructure from internal or …
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. Natural resource extraction can generate conflict and create an imperative to protect resource infrastructure from internal or …
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This study provides a systematic assessment of the costs of the ongoing armed conflict in the Donbas region of Ukraine … household damage in the conflict-affected areas and novel data on the macroeconomy of certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk … investments, improve the well-being of Ukrainian citizens and increase the opportunity costs of conflict. The systematic …
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Population movements will help people facing the impact of climate change. However, the resulting large scale displacements may also produce security risks for receiving areas. The objective of this paper is to empirically estimate if the inflows of climate-induced migrants increase the risk of...
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