| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP3149 |
| DP3149 Self Control in Peer Groups | |
| Jean Tirole; Roland Benabou; Marco Battaglini | |
| 发表日期 | 2002 |
| 出版年 | 2002 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | This Paper establishes and explores the implications of a somewhat surprising empirical finding. Although civil war adversely affects the performance of social indicators in general, poorer countries lose less, in absolute and relative terms, than richer countries. It is argued that the explanation may lie in the extent to which richer countries have better social (and economic) indicators because of more public goods, and adaptation of economic and social mechanisms to the greater abundance of public goods such as physical infrastructure. Civil war destroys public goods, and therefore damages disproportionately the countries most dependent on them. A further implication of this framework is that the post-conflict rebound in social indicators should be relatively stronger in poorer countries. The data bear out this prediction. Our results should not of course be read as implying that poorer countries need less support to avoid civil war and to cope with its aftermath. Although their losses are less, they start from a lower base; so even small declines severely impact human well being. Properly understood, our results highlight the central role that public goods play in underpinning the social (and economic) wealth of nations |
| 主题 | International Trade and Regional Economics ; Public Economics |
| 关键词 | Civil war Public goods Post-conflict Social indicators |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp3149 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/532168 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Jean Tirole,Roland Benabou,Marco Battaglini. DP3149 Self Control in Peer Groups. 2002. |
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