Peaceful entry: Entrepreneurship dynamics during Colombia's peace agreement

C Bernal, M Prem, JF Vargas, M Ortiz - Journal of Development Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
The end of internal conflict is often shaped by political uncertainty and threats of violence
recurrence. This implies that the effects of conflict termination on economic activity and …

Selective civilian targeting: The unintended consequences of partial peace

M Prem, A Rivera, D Romero… - Available at SSRN …, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
Peace agreements may inadvertently increase selective violence against civilians when
they are incomplete in two key dimensions. First, only a fraction of the existing armed groups …

Landmines: The local effects of demining

M Prem, ME Purroy, JF Vargas - 2022 - publications.ut-capitole.fr
Anti-personnel landmines are one of the main causes of civilian victimization in conflict-
affected areas and a significant obstacle for post-war reconstruction. Demining campaigns …

Heterogeneous effects of violence on student achievement: Evidence from Colombia

H Grueso - Journal of International Development, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, I study the causal relationship between violence and human capital
accumulation. Due to a power vacuum left in conflict zones of Colombia after the 2016 …

How peace saves lives: Evidence from Colombia

S Perilla, M Prem, ME Purroy, JF Vargas - World Development, 2024 - Elsevier
The victimization of civilians and combatants during internal conflicts causes large
socioeconomic costs. Unfortunately, it is not clear whether peace negotiations can …

[HTML][HTML] An Analysis of the Crowdfund Syndicates Sector in Thailand: Exploring the Influence of General and Specialized Human Capital on Fundraising Success for …

P Kamkankaew, P Thanitbenjasith… - … of Sociologies and …, 2023 - so07.tci-thaijo.org
Abstract Background and Aim: Equity crowdfunding platforms enhance startup fundraising
but may widen information disparity, leaving investors' roles in crowdfunding campaigns …

A peace baby boom? Evidence from Colombia's peace agreement

ME Guerra-Cújar, M Prem… - … (December 13, 2022), 2022 - papers.ssrn.com
Violence affects households' preferences, perceptions, and constraints regarding fertility
choices. What happens when violence ends? Using administrative data from Colombia, we …

No kin in the game: Moral hazard and war in the us congress

EF McGuirk, N Hilger, N Miller - Journal of Political Economy, 2023 - journals.uchicago.edu
We study agency frictions in the US Congress. We examine the long-standing hypothesis
that political elites engage in conflict because they fail to internalize the associated costs …

Police Violence, Student Protests, and Educational Performance

F González, M Prem - Review of Economics and Statistics, 2022 - direct.mit.edu
We study the protest behavior of teenagers linked to a student killed by a stray bullet coming
from a policeman in Chile. We use administrative data to follow the schoolmates of the victim …

[PDF][PDF] Heterogeneous effects of violence on student achievement

H Grueso - 2022 - edworkingpapers.com
In this paper, I study the causal relationship between violence and human capital
accumulation. Due to a power vacuum left in conflict zones of Colombia after the 2016 …