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1. Introduction: Economic Analysis and Civil Wars

Author : Nicos Christodoulakis

Published in: An Economic Analysis of Conflicts

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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The Introduction examines the main channels that interconnect economics and civil wars, both in influencing the causes of conflict and affecting its outcome. It also examines how economic theory and econometric analysis can help model the dynamics of conflict and thus estimate its patterns and consequences.

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Title: Introduction: Economic Analysis and Civil Wars
Author: Nicos Christodoulakis
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: An Economic Analysis of Conflicts
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-32260-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-32261-2

Copyright Year: 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32261-2_1