The microeconomics of violent conflict

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Verwimp, Philip; Justino, Patricia; Brueck, Tilman
• 署名单位: Universite Libre de Bruxelles; Solvay SA; Universite Libre de Bruxelles; Leibniz Association; Leibniz Institut fur Gemuse- und Zierpflanzenbau (IGZ)
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.10.005
• 发表日期: 2019
• 关键词: CONFLICT; VIOLENCE; WAR; data; Methods

摘要

In our brief review, we take stock of the emergence, in the last decade, of the microeconomics of violent conflict as a new subfield of empirical development economics. We start by de-bunking common misperceptions about the microeconomics of conflict and identify several contributions to economic theory and, in particular, to empirics, methods and data. We also show how the subfield is enriched through cooperation with scholars working in related disciplines. We expect future work to contribute inter alia to the evidence base on peacebuilding interventions, the development of post-conflict institutions, the behavior of firms in conflict areas and the role of emotions in decision-making. We note a disconnect between the rapidly evolving academic subfield on the one hand and the relatively limited use of knowledge thus generated by humanitarian and development organisations and policy makers working in and on conflict-affected areas. We conclude by suggesting that teaching in economics and the discipline-specific JEL codes have not yet kept pace with this recent intellectual development.