| ID | 171064 |
| Title Proper | Cost of Separatism |
| Other Title Information | Economic Consequences of the 1987-1989 Tibetan Unrests |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Yu, Xiaohua ; Sun, Feifei |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The separatism and its related activities bring enormous economic costs to a society, which is however difficult to be estimated, because it involves both observable ethnic conflicts and unobservable psychological resistance. This paper investigates the economic consequences of the 1987–89 Tibetan Unrests with the synthetic control method and finds that per capita GDP in Tibet might be 27% higher for the period from 1988 to 2007 if the unrests had not happened. In addition, we implement several ‘placebo studies’ and assess the threats to the validity of causal inference to confirm the robustness of this study. |
| `In' analytical Note | Defence and Peace Economics Vol. 31, No.3; April 2020: p.315-340 |
| Journal Source | Defence and Peace Economics Vol: 31 No 3 |
| Key Words | Tibet ; Separatism ; Economic Cost ; Synthetic Control Method ; SCM ; 1987-89 - Tibetan Unrests ; Ethnic Antagonism |