Predicting the future in science, economics, and politics. How education can prevent conflict and promote development in resource rich countries, mimeo, university of lausanne. Dominic rohner is a professor of political and institutional economics at hec lausanne, university of lausanne and a research fellow in the development. Dominic rohners research works university of lausanne. Explaining and predicting future environmental scarcities and conflicturs luterbacher, dominic rohner and ellen wiegandt part iv.
The geography of interstate resource wars the quarterly. It turns out that there is also statistical evidence in economics that documents a series of. The book has been for months top10 bestseller in economics up to. Quartier unildorigny, internef 551, 1015, lausanne, switzerland. Dominic rohner professor of economics hec lausanne the. Konig, dominic rohner, mathias thoenig, fabrizio zilibotti, networks in conflict.
Theory and evidence from the great war of africa, econometrica, july 2017, 854. After discussing them in turn, we will formulate policy. Aug 27, 2015 how minerals fuel conflicts in africa, by nicholas berman, mathieu couttenier, dominic rohner and mathias thoenig, centre for economic policy research working paper. Theory and evidence from the great war of africa with michael konig, dominic rohner and matthias thoenig.
Esteban, joan author rohner, dominic remove constraint author. Most theoretical work on war onset in political science and economics takes the belligerents motives as given. Why and how the state should bear most of the economic cost of the covid lockdown. Dominic rohner professor of economics at hec lausanne the faculty of business and economics of the university of lausanne. Dominic rohner nber national bureau of economic research. Internef 551 department of economics university of lausanne. Laurentlucchetti, jeremy and rohner, dominic and thoenig, mathia. Holding a phd in economics from the university of cambridge, dominic rohner is a professor of economics at the faculty of business and. How minerals fuel conflicts in africa with nicolas berman, dominic rohner and mathias thoenig published version. Google scholar rohner, dominic, mathias thoenig, and fabrizio zilibotti.
Science society international in columbus, ohio, 2006. His research focuses on political and development economics and has won several prizes, such as for example the kfw development bank excellence award or the snis international geneva award. Francesco caselli, massimo morelli, dominic rohner, the geography of interstate resource wars, the quarterly journal of economics, volume, issue 1, february 2015. As highlighted by historical examples of major economic crises, those who have lost. The economics of wage compensation and corona loans. Published and forthcoming research fabrizio zilibotti. Strategic mass killings journal of political economy. Uncover how one can use managerial economics to every diagnose and clear up business points with this breakthrough textual content material, designed notably for mba learners reminiscent of you. The chapters come from the acclaimed international encyclopedia of education, 3e 2010, edited by eva baker, barry mcgaw, and penelope peterson.
Faculty of business and economics hec, university of lausanne. The institute for economics and peace iep is the worlds leading think tank. Update your information in the repec author service. Review of economics and statistics, july 2016 the latin american efficiency gap in understanding the income and efficiency gap in latin america and the caribbean, world bank, 2016 data experiencebiased technical change july 2015 the geography of interstate resource wars with dominic rohner and massimo morelli. Dominic rohner cowles foundation for research in economics. Eyal winter silverzweig professor of economics federman. Several of his recent papers have studied the role of natural resources and social capital for explaining armed conflict. Dominic rohner and mathias thoenig offer a different take on the causes of civil conflict. By nicolas berman, mathieu couttenier, dominic rohner, and mathias thoenig we combine georeferenced data on mining extraction of 14 minerals with information on conflict events at spatial resolution of 0. Incorporated as a notforprofit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in geneva, switzerland, the forum is tied to no political, partisan or national interests. Silvana tenreyro quarterly journal of economics, february 2020. In this short essay we distinguish four major consequences of covid19 that may fuel social tensions and political violence, namely i spiking poverty, ii education under stress, iii potential for repression, and iv reduced interdependence. Theory and evidence from the great war of africa, econometrica, july. Mathias thoenig is a professor of economics at hec lausanne and is a member of e4s.
Ethnic conflicts and the informational dividend of democracy by. Department of economics university of lausanne quartier unildorigny internef 551 ch1015 lausanne switzerland. Professor of economics and public policy, blavatnik school of government. Deepak santhanakrishnan university of cambridge canada. Max planck institute for tax law and public finance. Rohner, dominic series department of economics discussion papers remove constraint series. May 19, 2020 he is a member of e4s and can be reached at dominic.
Call for papers covid economics, vetted and realtime. Dominic rohner professor of economics at hec lausanne the faculty of business and economics of. Paul has authored numerous books, including the bottom billion oxford. The economics of wage compensation and corona loans vox.
Department of economics discussion papers remove 1. Apr 21, 2020 managerial economics by dominick salvatore download pdf epub fb2. Dominic rohner agenda contributor world economic forum. By dominic rohner, faculty of business and economics hec. Technology differences over time and space princeton university press, 2016. A dynamic theory of secessionist vs centrist conflict cepr discussion papers, c. Book chapter in manual by ralph chami raphael espinoza peter j. Holding a phd in economics from the university of cambridge, dominic rohner is a professor of economics at the faculty of business and economics. The book has been for months top10 bestseller in economics up to top 2 in.
The political economy of imperialism, decolonization, and. The geography of interstate resource wars, the quarterly journal of economics, oxford university press, vol. Dominic rohner s 51 research works with 1,654 citations and 5,250 reads, including. The covid19 pandemic entails a medium and longrun risk of heightened political conflict. Commodities in africa world news, politics, economics. Yan chen will present her paper titled virtual teams in a gig economy. Killings, with massimo morelli and dominic rohner, forthcoming in economic aspects of. To overcome this challenge, we have put together our own novel and very. Studies show that the construction of primary schools led to statistically significant reductions in conflict that grew larger over time. How minerals fuel conflicts in africa by nicolas berman, mathieu couttenier, dominic rohner and mathias thoenig. Download managerial economics by dominick salvatore pdf epub. Internef 551 department of economics university of lausanne switzerland. Dominic rohner hecimpact insights from research at hec.
He is a research fellow of cepr, cesifo, oxcarre and hicn. Economists on peace new collaboration vision of humanity. The political economy of imperialism, decolonization and. This paper highlights the importance of natural resource concentration and ethnic group regional concentration. The 70 contributors are each wellregarded economists whose research has advanced the topic on which they write, and this book fulfills an undersupplied niche for a text in the economics of education. The quarterly journal of economics, volume, issue 1, february 2015. Some problems addressed via modeling editors introduction to part ivfrank w. Submissions will be promptly evaluated by the editorial board, over a maximum of 5 days, on an acceptreject basis, i. We combine georeferenced data on mining extraction of 14 minerals wi. Economic journal conditionally accepted joint with dominic rohner and. Prediction of political violence using newspaper text.
His research focuses on political and development economics and has won several prizes. Dominic rohner search for other works by this author on. Download managerial economics by dominick salvatore pdf. The world economic forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Dominic rohner, anja shortland, susan steiner, havard strand, elisa trujillo. Dominic rohner professor of economics hec lausanne. Adopting an economic perspective, the authors explore the interconnected relationships between trade, trust and war, tracing the root causes of conflict to mistrust and a breakdown of trading relationships. Dominic rohner, mathias thoenig and fabrizio zilibotti. Holding a phd in economics from the university of cambridge, dominic rohner is a professor of economics at the faculty of business and economics hec of the university of lausanne. My research interests span the fields of public economics, political economy and microeconomics, with a specific focus on contest theory, secessionism and. Sep 14, 2015 we provide a model of conflict and mass killing decisions to identify the key variables and situations that make mass killings more likely to occur. My book on decision making feeling smart appeared in 2015.
Sep 19, 2009 gartzke, erik and rohner, dominic, the political economy of imperialism, decolonization, and development september 19, 2009. Selected journal articles fabrizio zilibotti yale university. The book was endorsed with blurbs by seven nobel laureates, and appeared in nine languages. Theory and applications tenth world congress of the econometric society, d. Dominic rohner is a professor of political and institutional economics. Book table of contents human capital in resourcerich countries authorseditors.
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