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dc.contributor.authorLind, Jo Thorien
dc.contributor.authorMoene, Karl Oveen
dc.contributor.authorWillumsen, Fredriken
dc.date.accessioned2009-03-17-
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-28T08:49:01Z-
dc.date.available2009-07-28T08:49:01Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/26618-
dc.description.abstractWe show that the recent rise in Afghan opium production is caused by violent conflicts. Violence destroys roads and irrigation, crucial to alternative crops, and weakens local incentives to rebuild infrastructure and enforce law and order. Exploiting a unique data set, we show that Western hostile casualties, our proxy for conflict, have strong impact on subsequent local opium production. This proxy is shown to be exogenous to opium. We exploit the discontinuity at the end of the planting season: Conflicts have strong effects before and no effect after planting, assuring causality. Effects are strongest where government law enforcement is weak.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x2573en
dc.subject.jelD74en
dc.subject.jelH56en
dc.subject.jelK42en
dc.subject.jelO1en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordConflicten
dc.subject.keywordnarcotics productionen
dc.subject.keywordresource curseen
dc.subject.keywordAfghanistanen
dc.subject.stwDrogenwirtschaften
dc.subject.stwPflanzenbauprodukten
dc.subject.stwPolitischer Konflikten
dc.subject.stwRechtsdurchsetzungen
dc.subject.stwAfghanistanen
dc.titleOpium for the masses?: conflict-induced narcotics production in Afghanistan-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn593926161en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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