The Interrelationship between the COVID-19 Pandemic and Conflict Behavior: A Survey

Chowdhury, Subhasish M.; Karmakar, Senjuti

doi:10.2139/ssrn.4131529

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“…Caruso and Kibris (2020) in the introduction of the special issue ‘Reflections on the post COVID-19 World’ posed the question on whether the process of human betterment was to be halted or even reversed by such a shock. Recently, Chowdhury and Karmakar (2022) have surveyed the literature in economics and related fields on the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and conflict behaviour. There the authors cover the impact of the pandemic on micro-level conflict (among individuals), macro-level conflict (interstate, intrastate, and extra-state), and the effect of existing conflict on the spread of the pandemic.…”

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Vaccines between war and market

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Caruso

2023

International Area Studies Review

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This short paper presents a theoretical analysis that is intended to throw light on some issues related to the supply of vaccines in a context where producer countries are involved in armed conflicts. We present a simple model which combines elements of Hirshleifer-style economic analysis of conflict and microeconomic modelling of oligopolistic markets. In particular, we apply a simple Cournot duopoly model to two producer countries. Findings show that world supply of vaccines is indirectly and negatively affected by the existence of armed conflicts in a producer country that is involved in an armed conflict. Yet such negative impact on supply also increases the world price. In brief, participation of producer countries in armed conflicts turns out to be detrimental for global supply of vaccines.

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