We explore the effect of changes in the number of concealed pistol permits issued on the number of gun-related hospitalizations in Pennsylvania. With hospital admissions data and license-to-carry permit data, we use a control function approach and several different instruments to analyze this...

This paper examines the impact of the Anglophone Conflict in Cameroon on human capital accumulation. Using high-quality individual-level data on test scores and information on conflict-related violent events, a difference-in-differences design is employed to estimate the conflict's causal...

This paper examines the impact of the Anglophone Conflict in Cameroon on human capital accumulation. Using high-quality individual-level data on test scores and information on conflict-related violent events, a difference-in-differences design is employed to estimate the conflict's causal...

This paper assesses the impact of the Colombian internal armed conflict on local development processes and deforestation during 2000–2018. The paper develops a theoretical framework of the deforestation process, as determined by the spatiotemporal patterns of socio-economic and conflict...

In this paper, I analyze the history and legal trajectory of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) enacted formally in 1958 in independent India. The policy has not been analyzed in isolation for the policy passed solely in 1958 as there have been multiple revisions of the same whenever...

Terrorist and other types of armed groups often exploit natural and human-made disasters and emergencies to advance their causes. This paper studies how some armed groups have responded to two recent global emergencies-climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. It examines the messaging and...

Terrorist and other types of armed groups often exploit natural and human-made disasters and emergencies to advance their causes. This paper studies how some armed groups have responded to two recent global emergencies-climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. It examines the messaging and...