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Incomplete property rights and overinvestment
Amegashie, J. Atsu - 2009
I consider a model in which an asset owner must decide how much to invest in his asset mindful of the fact that an encroacher's valuation of the asset is increasing in the asset owner's investment. Due to incomplete property rights, the encroacher and asset owner engage in a contest over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003861788
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When is foreign aid effective in fighting terrorism? : threshold evidence
Asongu, Simplice A.; Ssozi, John - 2015
Building on previous literature, we assess when foreign aid is effective in fighting terrorism using quantile regressions on a panel of 78 developing countries for the period 1984-2008. Bilteral, multilateral and total aid indicators are used whereas terrorism includes: domestic, transnational,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407950
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Policing, Schooling and Human Capital Accumulation
Lopez Cruz, Ivan - 2016
A substantial body of empirical and policy literature argues that greater investment in schools can be a powerful tool against criminality and violence. On the other hand, recent work has demonstrated that low levels of public safety can have serious detrimental effects on educational outcomes....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001647
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Incomplete Property Rights and Overinvestment
Amegashie, J. Atsu - 2010
I consider a model in which an asset owner must decide how much to invest in his asset mindful of the fact that an encroacher's valuation of the asset is increasing in the asset owner's investment. Due to incomplete property rights, the encroacher and asset owner engage in a contest over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013152413
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Incomplete Property Rights and Overinvestment
Amegashie, J. Atsu - 2009
I consider a model in which an asset owner must decide how much to invest in his asset mindful of the fact that an encroacher's valuation of the asset is increasing in the asset owner's investment. Due to incomplete property rights, the encroacher and asset owner engage in a contest over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157848
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Extractive Industries, Price Shocks and Criminality
Axbard, Sebastian - 2019
A large literature has highlighted the potential detrimental effects of natural resource wealth on social, economic and political outcomes. We study a previously largely unexplored relationship --- the impact of natural resource wealth on criminal activity. Our empirical strategy exploits price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012902670
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Fighting Terrorism : Empirics on Policy Harmonization
Asongu, Simplice - 2018
enforcement. The empirical evidence is based on 78 developing countries for the period 1984-2008. Employed terrorism dynamics are … nationality. The paper is original by its contribution to the empirics of conflict resolution through decreasing cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012937182
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When is Foreign Aid Effective in Fighting Terrorism? Threshold Evidence
Asongu, Simplice - 2017
Building on previous literature, we assess when foreign aid is effective in fighting terrorism using quantile regressions on a panel of 78 developing countries for the period 1984-2008. Bilteral, multilateral and total aid indicators are used whereas terrorism includes: domestic, transnational,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971018
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The Persistence of Global Terrorism
Asongu, Simplice - 2021
This study investigates persistence of global terrorism in a panel of 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments. The following findings are established. First, persistence in terrorism is a decreasing function of income levels...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013233677
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Globalization and Domestic Conflict
Garfinkel, Michelle R.; Skaperdas, Stergios; … - 2021
"). Thus, conflict is viewed as ultimately stemming from imperfect property-rights enforcement. When comparing autarky with …We examine how globalization affects trade patterns and welfare when conflict prevails domestically. We do so in a … conflict. We find that importers of the contested resource gain unambiguously. By contrast, countries exporting the contested …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318353