An Economic Analysis of Conflicts: With an Application to the Greek Civil War 1946-1949 - Couverture souple

Christodoulakis, Nicos

 
9783319812366: An Economic Analysis of Conflicts: With an Application to the Greek Civil War 1946-1949
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ISBN 10 : 331981236X ISBN 13 : 9783319812366
Editeur : Springer, 2018

Synopsis

This book provides a quantitative framework for the analysis of conflict dynamics and for estimating the economic costs associated with civil wars. The author develops modified Lotka-Volterra equations to model conflict dynamics, to yield realistic representations of battle processes, and to allow us to assess prolonged conflict traps. The economic costs of civil wars are evaluated with the help of two alternative methods: Firstly, the author employs a production function to determine how the destruction of human and physical capital stocks undermines economic growth in the medium term. Secondly, he develops a synthetic control approach, where the cost is obtained as the divergence of actual economic activity from a hypothetical path in the absence of civil war. The difference between the two approaches gives an indication of the adverse externalities impinging upon the economy in the form of institutional destruction. By using detailed time-series regarding battle casualties, localsocio-economic indicators, and capital stock destruction during the Greek Civil War (1946-1949), a full-scale application of the above framework is presented and discussed.

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À propos de l?auteur

Nicos Christodoulakis, is Professor of Economic Analysis at the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) and Research Associate with the Hellenic Observatory at the London School of Economics. In 2002-2003, he was Minister of Finance in Greece and acting Chairman of the Eurogroup. He has written extensively on growth and economic policy - and on the Greek and the Eurozone crisis in particular. His last book "How Crises shaped Economic Ideas and Policies: Wiser after the events?" has been published with Springer.

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Éditeur
Springer
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
331981236X
ISBN 13 
9783319812366
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
184
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ISBN 10 :  3319322605 ISBN 13 :  9783319322605
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