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The effect of armed conflict on savings rates : international evidence from 1980 to 2015

Torres, Alejandro; Vanegas-Arias, Martin; … - In: Peace economics, peace science and public policy 25 (2019) 3, pp. 1-13

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From global to intra-regional tourism

Steene, Anders - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 7 (2016) 2, pp. 149-164

Regardless of how society has evolved, travel and tourism have had a positive development since the end of Second World War. But now it seems that the perception of risk and danger is accentuated and the tourists choose destinations based on more safety and security for tourists. Risks often...

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Polarized education levels and civil war

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Jetter, Michael; … - 2016

This paper suggests that societies exhibiting a large degree of educational polarization among its populace are … polarization and test its predictive power in explaining the likelihood of civil conflict and civil war, analyzing 146 countries … educational polarization is associated with a 4.6 and 3.8 percentage point rise in the chances of civil conflict and civil war …

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The evolution of civil war severity, 1816-2005

Miranda, Luiz C. M.; Perondi, Leonel F.; Gleditsch, … - In: Peace economics, peace science and public policy 22 (2016) 3, pp. 247-276

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Jihad & Co. : black markets and Islamist power

Ahmad, Aisha - 2017

The rise of militant jihadist groups is one of the greatest international security crises in the world today. In civil wars across the modern Muslim world, Islamist groups have emerged out of the ashes, surged dramatically to power, and routed their rivals on the battlefield. From North Africa...

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The geography of natural resources, ethnic inequality and development

Lessmann, Christian; Steinkraus, Arne - 2017

We study whether the spatial distribution of natural resources across different ethnic groups within countries impede spatial inequality, national economic performance, and the incidence of armed conflict. By providing a theoretical rent-seeking model and analysing a set of geocoded data for...

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