Essays on civil war, inequality and underdevelopment. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Syed Mansoob Murshed.
• Authors: Murshed, Syed Mansoob
• Contents: Cover -- Half-title -- Series -- Title page -- Dedication -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Tables and Figures -- 1 Conflict, civil war and underdevelopment -- 2 Revisiting the greed and grievance explanations for violent conflict -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The greed or natural resource-based explanation for conflict -- 2.2.1 The theory of greed -- 2.2.2 Empirical issues in connection with the greed mechanism -- 2.3 Grievances and horizontal inequality as conflict drivers -- 2.3.1 Theories of grievance -- 2.3.1.1 Relative deprivation -- 2.3.1.2 Polarization 2.3.1.3 Horizontal inequality -- 2.3.2 Measurement of grievance -- 2.3.2.1 Relative deprivation -- 2.3.3 Some empirical findings -- 2.4 Synthesis and social contract -- 2.5 Conclusions -- 3 Greed, grievance and globalization -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 A model of social contract and civil conflict -- 3.2.1 The government side -- 3.2.2 The rebel side -- 3.2.3 Solving the model -- 3.2.3.1 Non-cooperative behaviour -- 3.2.3.2 International aid, diaspora finance, greed and grievance -- 3.2.3.3 Globalization, growth and internal conflict -- 3.3 Conclusions 4 Economic dimensions of the liberal peace and its implications for conflict in developing countries -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Ideal theories of the liberal peace -- 4.3 Economic theories of the liberal peace -- 4.4 Globalization and internal conflict in developing countries -- 4.4.1 The gains from trade -- 4.4.2 Globalization and conflict -- 4.5 Conclusions and policy implications -- 5 Enforcing peace agreements through commitment technologies -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The imperfect credibility of peace agreements -- 5.3 Commitment technologies for the rebel group 5.4 The finance and production of sanctions -- 5.5 Conclusions -- 6 The conflict-growth nexus and the poverty of nations -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Long-run determinants of growth -- 6.3 Conflict -- 6.3.1 Definitions and stylized facts -- 6.3.2 Causes of conflict -- 6.3.2.1 Relative deprivation -- 6.3.2.2 Contest for natural resource rents -- 6.4 Growth, polity, endowments and conflict -- 6.5 Conclusions and policy recommendations -- 7 Conflict and fiscal capacity -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Theory -- 7.3 Methodology and variables -- 7.4 Baseline results -- 7.5 Sensitivity and robustness 7.5.1 Spline regression -- 7.5.2 Instruments set -- 7.6 Long-run impact multipliers -- 7.7 Additional estimation -- 7.8 Conclusions -- Appendix -- 8 Does civil war hamper financial development? -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Theoretical framework -- 8.3 Methodological framework -- 8.4 Data and description -- 8.4.1 Dependent variable -- 8.4.1.1 Money and quasi money (M2): DEPTH -- 8.4.1.2 Credit to private sector as percentage of GDP: PRIVATE -- 8.4.2 Priority variable -- 8.4.2.1 Armed conflict -- 8.4.3 Control variables -- 8.4.3.1 Institutional quality -- 8.4.3.2 Real GDP per capita
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Agenda Publishing
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 330.91724; Economic development -- Developing countries; War -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries; Economic development; Economic history; War -- Economic aspects; Developing countries -- Economic conditions; Developing countries; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781788213752; 1788213750; 9781788213769; 1788213769
• Related ISBNs: 1788213742; 9781788213745
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