An Economic Analysis of Conflicts With an Application to the Greek Civil War 1946-1949 /

• Main Author: Christodoulakis, Nicos (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: History.; Dynamics.; Ergodic theory.; Economic theory.; Economic growth.; Economics.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; History, general.; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.; Economic Growth.

This book provides a quantitative framework for the analysis of conflict dynamics and for estimating the economic costs associated with civil wars. The author develops modified Lotka-Volterra equations to model conflict dynamics, to yield realistic representations of battle processes, and to allow u...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1 Introduction: Economic Analysis and Civil Wars
• 2 The Greek Civil War 1946-1949: Main Events and Data
• 3 Static Models of Conflict
• 4 Models of Repression and Inclusion
• 5 Dynamic Models of Conflict
• 6 Estimation of Conflict Dynamics
• 7 A Model of Intertemporal Conflict
• 8 The Economic Impact of Civil Wars: A Production Function Approach
• 9 The Comparative Economic Cost of Civil Wars
• 10 A Critical Appraisal
• 11 Data Appendix: Data Sources and Definitions.