How Many Bucks in a Bang: On the Estimation of the Economic Costs of Conflict
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- Olaf J. de Groot & Tilman Brück & Carlos Bozzoli, 2009. "How Many Bucks in a Bang: On the Estimation of the Economic Costs of Conflict," Economics of Security Working Paper Series 21, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
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- C20 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - General
- F50 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - General
- O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
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