Handbook of the Economics of Conflict
- 1st Edition, Volume 1 - December 6, 2024
- Imprint: North Holland
- Editors: Massimo Morelli, Debraj Ray, Oeindrila Dube
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 8 9 1 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 8 9 2 - 6
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Request a sales quoteHandbook of the Economics of Conflict highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. Chapters in this release include Conflict Initiation and the Coase Theorem, Misperceptions and the dynamics of conflict, Power Mismatch, Shocks and Conflict, On the Salience of Ethnic Conflict, Polarization and Conflict, Trade Policy in the Shadow of War: A Quantitative Toolkit for Geoeconomics, Conflict in History, Strategic militarization, Propaganda and Conflict, Climate and Conflict, and The Psychology of Conflict.
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- Title of Book
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Introduction
- References
- Chapter 1: Causes of war
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Baseline model
- 3 Bargaining and commitment with complete information
- 4 Coordination with incomplete information
- 5 Mechanism design
- 6 Commitment problems and power shifts
- 7 Other issues
- 8 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2: Mistrust, misperception, and misunderstanding: Imperfect information and conflict dynamics
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Fear and misperception in international relations
- 3 Misperception and mistrust in the security dilemma
- 4 Misperceptions and conflict dynamics
- 5 Misperceptions and deterrence
- 6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3: Conflict in economic history
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Causes
- 3 Consequences
- 4 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 4: Social divisions and conflict
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Measuring social divisions
- 3 Income inequality and conflict
- 4 Ethnic divisions and conflict
- 5 Ethnicity, income inequality and conflict
- 6 Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 5: Identities in conflict
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 From economics to identity: conceptual issues
- 3 From economics to identity: empirical studies
- 4 Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 6: New evidence on the economics of climate and conflict
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 New meta-analysis results
- 3 Lessons for analysis across spatial and temporal scales
- 4 Recent contributions with a focus on mechanisms linking climate and conflict
- 5 Discussion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 7: Natural resources and conflict: The crucial role of power mismatch and geographic asymmetries
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Theory
- 3 Empirical evidence
- 4 Policy
- 5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 8: Trade in the shadow of war: A quantitative toolkit for geoeconomics
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Historical perspective
- 3 Trade and war: theory
- 4 Survey of the empirical literature
- 5 Trade policy in the shadow of war
- 6 Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 9: Militarization, negotiations, and conflict
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Basics of strategic arming
- 3 Public arming
- 4 Two-sided arming
- 5 Signaling by arming
- 6 Preventive attack of a state that can arm
- 7 Conclusion
- References
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 1
- Published: December 6, 2024
- Imprint: North Holland
- No. of pages: 1000
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323988919
- eBook ISBN: 9780323988926
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Oeindrila Dube
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Philip K. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies, University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, United StatesRead Handbook of the Economics of Conflict on ScienceDirect