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From a Ph.D. to RBIs: How Farhan Zaidi left Berkeley and became a baseball pioneer
The witch-killing syndrome: The politics of tribe
In 2005, Ted Miguel, a professor of economics at University of California, Berkeley, published a now famous paper in The Review of Economic Studies entitled Poverty and Witch Killing. Using evidence from Tanzania, Miguel investigated violence against the elderly, young children and the helpless and vulnerable members of the society who were labeled “witches”. As in many parts …
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Exploring How Climate Change Affects Conflict and Productivity
Exploring How Climate Change Affects Conflict and Productivity
Entre changement climatique et croissance économique, des liens très étroits
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