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Does conflict disrupt growth? : evidence of the relationship between political instability and national economic performance
Polachek, Solomon W.; Sevastianova, Daria - 2010
variables. This study draws on conflict variables from the Correlates of War (COW) project to ask a critical question: How do … different types of conflict affect country growth rates? It finds that wars slow the economy. Estimates indicate that civil war …-democracies, low income countries, and countries in Africa. -- Economic growth ; war ; conflict …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003940441
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Wars, foodcost and countervailing policies : a panel data approach
Ali, Hamid Eltgani; Lin, Eric S. - In: Food policy : economics planning and politics of food … 35 (2010) 5, pp. 378-390
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008856633
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Do modern-time wars make states? : panel data evidence
Cárdenas S., Mauricio; Eslava, Marcela; Ramírez, Santiago - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010235515
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A comparative analysis of forced migration : Cold War versus post-Cold War eras
Buzurukov, Bilol; Lee, Byeong-wan - 2016
-1990 representing the Cold War era, and 1991-2012, the post-Cold War era. The determinants of refugee migration over the two periods are … assessed and compared using a panel data analysis for a sample of 125 countries. In order to control for unobserved country …-specific effects and the joint endogeneity of the explanatory variables, the Arellano-Bond Dynamic Panel GMM (Generalized Method of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011483080
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Quantifying the microeconomic effects of war using panel data : evidence from Nepal
Pivovarova, Margarita; Swee, Eik Leong - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 66 (2015), pp. 308-321
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Do modern-time wars make states? : panel data evidence
Cárdenas S., Mauricio; Eslava, Marcela; Ramírez, Santiago - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853115
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The economic effects of direct democracy : a cross-country assessment
Voigt, Stefan (contributor) - 2006
This is the first study that assesses the economic effects of direct democratic institutions on a cross country basis. Most of the results of the former intra-country studies could be confirmed. On the basis of some 30 countries, a higher degree of direct democracy leads to lower total...
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Why Adopt a Federal Constitution? And Why Decentralize? – Determinants Based on a New Dataset
Gutmann, Jerg - 2017
Measurement of both federalism and decentralization has been contentious. We introduce three new indicators reflecting important aspects of both federalism and decentralization. The three new indicators are the result of principal component analysis. When we try to identify their main...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957173
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Regulations and Economic Freedom
Grubel, Herbert - 2017
offers them the opportunity to contribute to what they consider to be the creation of an ideologically better world in which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960381
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Investor-State Disputes and the TTIP – Is it a New Challenge for Corporate Responsibility?
Waśniewski, Krzysztof - 2014
In the broad context of responsible management, and corporate responsibility, the present paper studies the general issue of conflicts between private investors, and governments, with a particular focus on the investor-state dispute settlement through international arbitration. On the grounds of...
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