Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/80500 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 4361
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Civil war is often caused by poverty, and further demolishes existing capital. Such a vicious circle is detrimental for economic development of countries experiencing civil war. Civil war may also contribute to creative destructions of traditional economic, social and political system, leading to a more rapid post-war growth. Until now little research exists tackling problems whether and how rapidly civil war victims recover from such negative events in the sense economic losses are reversed. Based on a present value model this study estimates dynamics and time scopes of post-war recovery required for compensating civil war GDP losses in several countries.
Subjects: 
civil war
GDP losses
long-term post-war recovery
developing countries
present value model
JEL: 
F51
O11
O55
P52
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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