In this chapter, we review the recent literature on conflict and appropriation. Allowing for the
possibility of conflict, which amounts to recognizing the possibility that property rights are not …

Persistent inconsistency between predictions of standard theoretical models and empirical
evidence of international trade dynamics suggests that the traditional understanding of the …

This paper analyses theoretically and empirically the relationship between military conflicts
and trade. We show that the conventional wisdom that trade promotes peace is only partially …

This paper examines the effect of terrorism and warfare on international trade. We
investigate bilateral trade flows between more than 200 countries over the period from 1960 …

We review a number of developments and trends in the literature on economic sanctions.
We discuss salient contributions to the theoretical literature, data collection, and empirical …

We establish a theoretical and empirical framework to assess the role of resource
endowments and their geographic location in interstate conflict. The main predictions of the …

We construct a theory of persistent civil conflicts, where persistence is driven by the
endogenous dynamics of inter-ethnic trust and trade. In times of peace, agents belonging to …

We examine the role of bilateral political relations in sovereign wealth fund (SWF)
investment decisions. Our empirical results suggest that political relations play a role in SWF …

In many situations the individuals who can generate some output must enter a contest for
appropriating this output. This paper analyses the investment incentives of such agents and …

A production and conflict (P&C) model and a rent-seeking (RS) model are compared for one
group, two groups and K groups. Adding a new agent enlarges the pie in the P&C model …