This paper investigates the impact of civil conflicts on international trade. First, it quantifies how much civil conflicts suppress trade and explores the underlying mechanisms within a structural gravity model. Trade openness can lower the risk of civil conflicts because expected gains from international trade could discourage both governments and rebels from igniting conflicts (deterrence mechanism). Alternatively, international trade could act...
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2023/05/31
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Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS10465
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2023/05/31
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Trade and Civil Conflicts
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Assem Mohammed G Hassan Ahmed,Hoda.
Trade and Civil Conflicts (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 10465 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099905205312330455