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Ethnic Remoteness Reduces the Peace Dividend from Trade Access

Desmet, Klaus; Gomes, Joseph Flavian - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This paper shows that ethnically remote locations do not reap the full peace dividend from increased market access. Exploiting the staggered implementation of the US-initiated Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and using high-resolution data on ethnic composition and violent conflict for...

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Bases, Bullets and Ballots : the Effect of U.S. Military Aid on Political Conflict in Colombia

Dube, Oeindrila - 2014

Does foreign military assistance strengthen or further weaken fragile states facing internal conflict? Aid may strengthen the state by bolstering its repressive capacity vis-à-vis armed non-state actors, or weaken it if resources are diverted to these very groups. We examine how U.S. military...

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Human Capital Impacts of In Utero Exposure to War Conflict in Afghanistan

Aslim, Erkmen Giray; Najam, Rafiuddin; Tekin, Erdal - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

This study examines the long-term effects of prenatal exposure to war violence on cognitive and developmental outcomes, focusing on children in Afghanistan, a country deeply affected by prolonged violent conflict. Using data from the 2022 Afghanistan Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys and...

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Feeding the Tigers : Remittances and Conflict in Sri Lanka

Bonadio, Barthélémy; Levchenko, Andrei A.; Rohner, Dominic - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

This paper estimates and quantifies the impact of the diaspora remittance flows on the conflict intensity and outcomes in the Sri Lankan Civil War during the period 1996-2009. We develop an approach to infer which remittance inflows were likely to benefit the Tamil Tiger rebels relative to the...

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Integrating Ethical Values and Economic Value to Steer Progress in Artificial Intelligence

Korinek, Anton - 2019

Economics and ethics both offer important perspectives on our society, but they do so from two different viewpoints … - the central focus of economics is how the price system in our economy values resources; the central focus of ethics is the …

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'Morality and Political Economy' from the Vantage Point of Economics

Enke, Benjamin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

This article calls for a greater integration of moral psychology and political economy. While these disciplines were initially deeply intertwined, cross-disciplinary exchange became rare throughout the 20th century. More recently, the tide has shifted again - social scientists of different...

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Looking Backward : Long-Term Religious Service Attendance in 66 Countries

Barro, Robert J.; Dewitte, Edgard; Iannaccone, Laurence R. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

The attendance rate at religious services is an important variable for the sociology and economics of religion, but …

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Religion in Emerging and Developing Regions

Lowes, Sara; Marx, Benjamin M.; Montero, Eduardo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

This paper examines the evolving relationship between religion and economic development in emerging and developing … volatility, financial insecurity, and cultural transitions sustain demand for religion. Third, we explore the institutional and … political dimensions of religion in EDCs, emphasizing the role of religious institutions as public goods providers and as …

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Religious Conversion across Countries

Barro, Robert J.; McCleary, Rachel M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

religions and costs of having one's religion deviate from the type viewed as ideal. The International Social Survey Programme … (ISSP) waves for 1991, 1998, 2008, and 2018 allow for calculations of country-wide conversion rates based on religion … analysis applies to 8 types of religion for 58 countries (125 total observations). The rate of conversion depends positively on …

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Praying for Rain

Espín-Sánchez, José-Antonio; Gil-Guirado, Salvador; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We study the climate as a determinant of religious belief. People believe in the divine when religious authorities (the "church") can credibly intervene in nature on their behalf. We present a model in which nature sets the pattern of rainfall over time and the church chooses when optimally to...

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