An Economic Analysis of Conflicts - With an Application to the Greek Civil War 1946-1949 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

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, local socio-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.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	August 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Nicos Christodoulakis
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	160
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-32260-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Econometrics > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Promotions
LSN:	3-319-32260-5
Barcode:	9783319322605

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