Transport infrastructure connectivity (TIC) has strong endogeneity issues, which makes it difficult to directly assess its impact on local conflict resolution. This study takes a position into the dispute about the two-edged effects of TIC in the process of peace and stabilization, and compares...

This paper examines UK University Vice Chancellors (VC) pay awards. The empirical analysis, covering the period 1997 to 2002, evaluates the impact upon VC pay awards of university performance measures, an internal pay comparison measure and two external pay comparisons, i.e., the pay of other...