Although the impact of insecurity on agricultural decisions is widely discussed, it remains
largely unstudied empirically. This study estimates the effect of risk of violence on livestock …

Individuals with mental health problems smoke at far higher rates than their peers, and have
done for decades. This paper explores a potential explanation: smoking as a means to cope …

The paper examines the long-term impact of the India-Pakistan war of 1999 on the
educational attainment of children born to families of soldiers who survived the war. Based …

Background Research has shown the substantial impact on mental health for victims of drug-
related crime in Mexico, especially individuals who have been heavily exposed to violence …

This paper uses the surge in drug-related violence in Mexico to study the effect of violent
crime on married women's decision-making. Using a fixed-effects regression model, we find …

We estimate whether risk preferences are affected by traumatic events by using a unique
survey of Sri Lankan twins which contains information on individual's exposure to the 2004 …

With the continuous deepening of the new curriculum reform, in order to meet the needs of
high‐efficiency and high‐quality teaching, colleges and universities have carried out …

We examine the effects of violent crime on corporate investment and financing decisions of
Brazilian firms. Exploring city variation in homicides, we find that an increase in the growth …

We estimate whether risk preferences are affected by traumatic events by using a unique
survey of Sri Lankan twins which contains information on individual's exposure to the 2004 …

Research finds that personal exposure to violence or crime increases political participation.
The effects of fear, however, have not been studied. Since the number of victims is much …