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Crime has a potentially large impact on economic growth but measuring their economic impact is subject to a great deal of uncertainty. The central objective of this paper is to set forth a model – the economics of crime monitoring model (ECM-Model) – to evaluate the impact of crime can...
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has the violence against civilians over the period 1989-2010. Evidence on the participation of non-state combatants is …
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Violence, as a human security threat, constitutes a core public health issue. Finally, in an era of globalized threats … requiring international cooperation, the discussion focuses on the interstate spillover effects of violence, or in other words …” in the 21st century; in particular our analysis focuses on the implications of the violence case study for …
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Crime has a potentially large impact on economic growth but measuring their economic impact is subject to a great deal of uncertainty. The central objective of this paper is to set forth a model – the economics of crime monitoring model (ECM-Model) – to evaluate the impact of crime on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260581
This paper provides evidence for a particular channel through which sustained terrorism in rural areas may affect growth in developing countries. Using micro-level data from agricultural surveys during the period of insurgency in Punjab (India), I find significant negative effects of terrorism...
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The monopoly over the exercise of violence is the main defining element of states according to the Weberian ideal …
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This note is about the possibility of a stalemate in a continuing conflict. Following the prevailing economic literature on the topic, under some assumptions, the outcome of a conflict can be described in two ways: (i) a predetermined split of a contested output; (ii) a winner-take-all contest...
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The April 21, 2005 issue of the LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS carried a lead article titled ‘Blood for Oil?’ The paper is attributed to a group of writers and activists – Iain Boal, T.J. Clark, Joseph Matthews and Michael Watts – who identify themselves by the collective name ‘Retort.’ In...
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This paper examined the following issues: 1. Is ‘violence against women’ a variable? What kind of variable is it? 2. Is … it theoretically plausible to model ‘violence against women’? 3. If it is theoretically plausible to model ‘violence … decision to perpetrate ‘violence against women’ is a binary variable, which takes value unity (1) when the decision is ‘yes …
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interest is self-reported FFD in a typical week. Problem behaviors studied are substance-use, physical violence, property …. Results: FFD is negatively associated with substance-use and running away for females; drinking, physical violence, property …
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