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We study the effect of a corruption reflection index on internal conflict in Iran using a novel measure of corruption … based on newspaper coverage. We use the Vector Autoregression (VAR) model and its applied tools of impulse response and … variance decomposition analyses to track the response of protests to shocks in the level of corruption. Using annual data from …
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We investigate the implications of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) for interstate confl ict. We set up a two-stage game with three competing importers, where fi rst, two of the countries decide on whether to initiate war against each other, and subsequently, all three countries select their...
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We analyze how trade openness matters for interstate conflict over productive resources. Our analysis features a terms-of-trade channel that makes security policies trade-regime dependent. Specifically, trade between two adversaries reduces each one's incentive to arm given the opponent's...
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This study investigates the case of Iran to evaluate how changes in the intensity of international sanctions affect … terrorism risk. In contrast, the risk of civil war declines after an increase in sanction intensity. These findings for Iran …
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This study investigates the case of Iran to evaluate how changes in the intensity of international sanctions affect … terrorism risk. In contrast, the risk of civil war declines after an increase in sanction intensity. These findings for Iran …
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This study investigates the case of Iran to evaluate how changes in the intensity of international sanctions affect … terrorism risk. In contrast, the risk of civil war declines after an increase in sanction intensity. These findings for Iran …
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This study assess the effect of corruption on the occurrence of banking crisis for a sample of 38 countries over the … period 2000 – 2017. We consider both the direct and the indirect channels through which corruption might affect the … occurrence of banking crisis. We also check using a threshold regression approach for the existence of a corruption threshold …
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