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Spillover Effects of Conflict on the Economic Growth of Neighboring Countries: A study of the consequences of conflict reaching beyond the host coun

Björling, Tove LU (2021) NEKH02 20211
Department of Economics
Abstract
In this article, the effects of conflict on the economic growth of neighboring countries (referred to as economic spillover effects of conflict) are studied for Asia, Africa and Latin America during 1990-2019. Compared to previous studies on the subject, this study accounts for the changing conflict climate over the years by starting the sample period 30 years later than other authors. The overall result is that the effects seem to be region-specific. Furthermore, the effects appear to be dependent on conflict type and neighbor countries’ distance away from conflict. Most effects were negative, while the effect on non-contiguous neighbor countries to conflict (secondary neighbors) was sometimes positive. Moreover, the economic spillover... (More)
In this article, the effects of conflict on the economic growth of neighboring countries (referred to as economic spillover effects of conflict) are studied for Asia, Africa and Latin America during 1990-2019. Compared to previous studies on the subject, this study accounts for the changing conflict climate over the years by starting the sample period 30 years later than other authors. The overall result is that the effects seem to be region-specific. Furthermore, the effects appear to be dependent on conflict type and neighbor countries’ distance away from conflict. Most effects were negative, while the effect on non-contiguous neighbor countries to conflict (secondary neighbors) was sometimes positive. Moreover, the economic spillover effects of conflict tend to reach further in Asia and Africa than in Latin America. (Less)
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author
Björling, Tove LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKH02 20211
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Economic Growth, Conflict Economics, Conflict Spillover Effects, New Wars, Contemporary Conflict
language
English
id
9064513
date added to LUP
2021-10-14 10:17:09
date last changed
2021-10-14 10:17:09
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  abstract     = {{In this article, the effects of conflict on the economic growth of neighboring countries (referred to as economic spillover effects of conflict) are studied for Asia, Africa and Latin America during 1990-2019. Compared to previous studies on the subject, this study accounts for the changing conflict climate over the years by starting the sample period 30 years later than other authors. The overall result is that the effects seem to be region-specific. Furthermore, the effects appear to be dependent on conflict type and neighbor countries’ distance away from conflict. Most effects were negative, while the effect on non-contiguous neighbor countries to conflict (secondary neighbors) was sometimes positive. Moreover, the economic spillover effects of conflict tend to reach further in Asia and Africa than in Latin America.}},
  author       = {{Björling, Tove}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Spillover Effects of Conflict on the Economic Growth of Neighboring Countries: A study of the consequences of conflict reaching beyond the host coun}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}