Chapter 1 Conflict in the Presence of Arms Trade: Can Foreign Aid Reduce Conflict?

Becsi, Zsolt; Lahiri, Sajal

doi:10.1016/s1574-8715(06)01001-3

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“…In this respect, the mechanism via which the war equilibrium is attained in this paper is fundamentally different from that in the exiting literature (e.g. Becsi and Lahiri, 2007b; Lahiri, 2009), and this is because the issue of blood diamonds comes with its own specific modelling strategy. The above results are summarized in the following P1 .…”

Section: The War Equilibriummentioning

confidence: 74%

“…For example, Skaperdas and Syropoulos (2001), Syropolous (2004), Becsi and Lahiri (2007a, b). There is also a broader theoretical and empirical literature on the economics of conflict.…”

Section: Notesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These proportions along with the employment of soldiers are simultaneously determined in a Nash game. The model is closely related to that of Becsi and Lahiri (2007b) and Lahiri (2009), but with an important and significant difference. In those two papers, the conflict is over land, and the role of profits from the land is not explicitly treated.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…In the first, the entire profits from the sale of blood diamond is used to purchase arms, and in the second, the warring countries decide the proportion of profits (from the sale of blood diamond) that is used to purchase arms at the same time as the number of soldiers. The model is closely related to that of Becsi and Lahiri (2007b) and Lahiri (2009), but with an important and significant difference. In those two papers, the conflict is over a land, and the role of profits from the land is not explicitly treated.…”

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“…The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of four policy options available to the international community to help resolve conflicts. The policy options we consider here are foreign aid, a tax on the exports of military hardware, a tax on blood diamond (which 6 Becsi and Lahiri (2007b) and Lahiri (2009) are the exceptions.…”

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Blood diamonds: international policy options for conflict resolution

Lahiri

2010

Indian Growth and Development Review

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We construct a trade-theoretic model of two open economies which are in conflict with each other. War efforts-which involve the use of soldiers and military hardware-are determined endogenously. The purpose of war is the capture of land containing a natural resource like diamond, but the costs are that lives are lost and production sacrificed. The capture of mining land helps to reinforce the war by using profits from the sale of the natural resource to purchase arms. We examine the effect of a number of policy instruments available to the international community (such as foreign aid, a tax on arms exports and on the export of the natural resource from the war areas) on war efforts. We identify the role of the 'protective' nature of arms, and of income effects of the policy instruments, on the results.

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Section: The War Equilibriummentioning

confidence: 74%

“…For example, Skaperdas and Syropoulos (2001), Syropolous (2004), Becsi and Lahiri (2007a, b). There is also a broader theoretical and empirical literature on the economics of conflict.…”

Section: Notesmentioning

confidence: 99%