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Business under fire: entrepreneurship and violent conflict in developing countries / Bruck, Tilman; Naude, Wim; Verwimp, Philip

Verwimp, Philip	Journal Article
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2013.

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In this article, we provide an introduction to the Special Issue of the Journal of Conflict Resolution devoted to the impact of violent conflict on entrepreneurship in developing countries. First we note that there is insufficient attention in the literature on the impact of violent conflict on the firm or entrepreneur level. Then, after we define entrepreneurship and violent conflict, we provide a summary of the existing literature and give an overview of the contributions in this Special Issue. We conclude by noting policy implications and areas for further research.

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Conflict ; Violence ; Development ; Entrepreneurship ; Firms

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ID: 134945

Extortion with protection: understanding the effect of rebel taxation on civilian welfare in Burundi / Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel; Verwimp, Philip

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Using a panel data set from Burundi where information on protection payments during the twelve-year civil war was collected, we test the relationship between payments, the nature of extraction by the rebels, and the welfare outcomes. We ask, “Does payment to rebels insure against future welfare loss and does the nature of payment matter? Specifically, does the level of institutionalization of extraction within the rebel governance structure provide a form of insurance for future welfare?” No less than 30 percent of the interviewees made at least one payment. Rebels extract these taxes through one of the following two routes: an “institutionalized” and regular cash-with-receipt method or an ad hoc and unpredictable labor extraction. Using matching methods, we find that payment through the institutionalized route increases household welfare between 16 and 25 percent. Ad hoc extraction has no effect. We situate our findings in the empirical literatures on contributions to mafia-type organizations and rebel governance.

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Machetes and firearms: the organization of massacres in Rwanda / Verwimp, Philip

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2006.

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Rwanda ; Gender

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