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The use of violence in illegal markets : evidence from mahogany trade in the Brazilian Amazon
Chimeli, Ariaster B.; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2011
first piece of evidence on the causal effect of illegality on systemic violence. Brazil has historically been the main world … markets ; violence ; homicide ; mahogany ; Brazil …
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The market for mules : risk and compensation of cross-border drug couriers
Bjerk, David; Mason, Caleb - 2014
This paper uses a unique dataset to examine the economics of cross-border drug smuggling. Our results reveal that loads are generally quite large (median 30 kg), but with substantial variance within and across drug types. Males and females, as well as U.S. citizens and non-U.S. citizens are all...
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Ecosystems and human health : the local benefits of forest cover in Indonesia
Garg, Teevrat - 2019
This paper documents the effect of primary forest cover loss on increased incidence of malaria. The evidence is consistent with an ecological response. I show that land use change, anti-malarial programs or migration cannot explain the effect of primary forest cover loss on increased malarial...
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Payment for ecosystem services from forests
Alix Garcia, Jennifer M.; Wolff, Hendrik - 2014
rapid deforestation has dramatically changed the chemical composition of the world's atmosphere, the level of biodiversity … the design of local and international policy instruments to prevent further deforestation and encourage forest growth … to slow and reverse deforestation. We cover the most recent work touching on a range of issues related to PES programs …
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The ecological impact of place-based economic policies
Garg, Teevrat; Shenoy, Ajay - 2020
Does economic development have an unavoidable ecological cost? We examine the ecological impacts of one of India's signature place-based economic policies involving massive tax benefits for new industrial and infrastructure development following the creation of the new state of Uttarakhand. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012194259
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The legacies of slavery in and out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - 2015
The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this paper I illustrate their long-term consequences. I first consider the influence of the slave trade on the "sending" countries in Africa, with attention to their economic,...
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Bitter sugar: slavery and the black family
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2020
We empirically assess the effect of historical slavery on the African American family structure. Our hypothesis is that … female single headship among blacks is more likely to emerge in association not with slavery per se, but with slavery in … for migrants. By 1990, the effect of sugar is replaced by that of slavery and the black share, consistent with the spread …
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The long shadow of slavery: the persistence of slave owners in Southern law-making
Bellani, Luna; Hager, Anselm; Maurer, Stephan - 2020
This paper documents the persistence of the Southern slave owning elite in political power after the end of the American Civil War. We draw on a database of Texan state legislators between 1860 and 1900 and link them to their or their ancestors' slaveholdings in 1860. We then show that former...
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International migration intentions and illegal costs : evidence from Africa-to-Europe smuggling routes
Friebel, Guido; Manchin, Miriam; Mendola, Mariapia; … - 2018
Irregular migrants from Africa and the Middle East flow into Europe along land and sea routes under the control of human smugglers. The demise of the Gaddafi regime in 2011 marked the opening of the Central Mediterranean Route for irregular border - crossing between Libya and Italy. This...
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Illicit shadows : an economic analysis of trade gaps in cultural goods through the Italian market
Acciai, Elia; Belloni, Michele; Della Giusta, Marina; … - 2023
This paper provides evidence of a consistent gap in the value of cultural goods exported from Italy and the value declared by its trading partners in official trade statistics for the period 1994-2021 and discusses it in the context of the literature on illicit trafficking in cultural property,...
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