Does armed conflict reduce trade, even in noncombat areas, through the destruction of inter-group social capital? We … analyze Ukrainian trade transactions before and after the 2014 Russia-Ukraine conflict. In a difference … social effects, conflict can be economically damaging, even away from combat areas …

devastating but localized conflict. Using unique transaction-level data on Ukrainian railway shipments, we uncover several novel … indirect effects of conflict on firms. First, we document substantial propagation effects on interfirm trade --- trade declines … even between partners outside the conflict areas if one of them had traded with those areas before the start of the war …

partnered with or funded. This article builds theory on economic opening, development and conflict, using research from Myanmar …

dynamics and for internal conflict than is commonly acknowledged in both empirical and theoretical research …

The literature on the relationship between the private sector, armed conflict, and peacebuilding has extensively … business strategies in times of transition from conflict to peace to prioritize an under-studied branch of business …

diversity provides an opportunity to test hypotheses regarding behavioral differences across types of companies and geographic …

causes of conflict; and undertaking direct diplomatic efforts with conflict actors builds and/or makes peace. These …

agenda forward, and potentially improve the likelihood of success for such initiatives in fragile and conflict …

On the eve of the outbreak of the world conflict, the Ottoman Empire was most similar in some respects to the current …