Raul Caruso

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan

20123 Milano

Italy

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1.

The Impact of International Economic Sanctions on Trade - an Empirical Analysis

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 10 Apr 2006
Raul Caruso
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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International negative sanctions, international trade, gravity model

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What is the Relationship between Unemployment and Rape? Evidence from a Panel of European Regions

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 18 May 2015
Raul Caruso
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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rape, violent crime, unemployment, youth unemployment, education

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The Socio-Economic Determinants of Terrorism and Political Violence in Western Europe (1994-2007)

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 19 Oct 2010
Raul Caruso and Friedrich Schneider
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Johannes Kepler University Linz - Department of Economics
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Terrorism, Political Violence, Economic Deprivation, Productivity of Violence

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Identity and Incentives: An Economic Interpretation of the Holocaust

C.A. Anderton and J. Brauer, eds., Economic Aspects of Genocides, Mass Atrocities, and Their Prevention. New York: Oxford University Press, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 02 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2015
Raul Caruso
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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Holocaust, identity, expropriation, dehumanization, Aryanization, extermination camps, genocide.

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A Very Simple Model of Conflict and Conflict Management with Asymmetric Evaluations and Institutional Constraint

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 Feb 2006
Raul Caruso
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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Conflict, institution, credit grant

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organised crime, rent-seeking, conflict, monopoly, panel data, Mafia

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Pushing the Prize Up, a Few Notes on Al-Qaeda's Reward Structure and the Choice of Casualties

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Pushing the Prize Up, a Few Notes on Al-Qaeda's Reward Structure and the Choice of Casualties

Crossroads, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 3-6, 2004
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 16 May 2005
Raul Caruso and Andrea Locatelli
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Georgetown University
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Terrorism, microeconomic theory, prize, contest

Pushing the Prize Up. A Few Notes on Al-Qaeda's Reward Structure and the Choice of Casualties

Pushing the Prize up. A Few Notes on Al-Qaeda’s Reward Structure and the Choice of Casualties, “Crossroads”, IV, 2, 2004: 3-6.
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 21 May 2015
Raul Caruso and Andrea Locatelli
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza
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Al Qaeda, tournament, contest theory

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Conflict and Conflict Management with Interdependent Instruments and Asymmetric Stakes, the Bad-Cop and the Good-Cop Game

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 08 Feb 2006
Raul Caruso
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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Conflict, Contest, Conflict management, Asymmetry in evaluation, statistical entropy, uncertainty.

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Where Economics Has Been Headed? Multiple Identities and Diversity in Economic Literature: Evidence from Top Journals Over the Period 2000-2006 - A First Note

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 26 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2008
Luigi Campiglio and Raul Caruso
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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JEL, Econlit, Economic Journals, multiple identities, identity, relative abundance, diversity, evenness, richness

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Continuing Conflict and Stalemate: A Note

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 27 Mar 2007
Raul Caruso
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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Conflict, Stalemate, 'Butter', 'Guns', Hirshleifer, Entropy, Violence

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Life is Now! Time Discounting and Crime: Evidence from the Italian Regions (2002-2007)

ICER Working Paper No. 18/2011
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 02 Nov 2011
Sergio Beraldo, Raul Caruso and Gilberto Turati
CSEF - University of Naples Federico II, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome
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time preferences, property crime, violent crime, Italian regions, panel data

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Relational Goods at Work! Crime and Sport Participation in Italy: Evidence from Panel Data Regional Analysis Over the Period 1997-2003

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 13 Feb 2010
Raul Caruso
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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Sport Participation, Pro-Social Behaviour, Crime, Relational Goods, Kenneth Moulding, Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Abilities

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A Trade Institution as a Peaceful Institution? A Contribution to Integrative Theory

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Sep 2005
Raul Caruso
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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Conflict, contest success function, trade, institution, fair trade

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Reciprocity in the Shadow of Threat

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 01 Mar 2007
Raul Caruso
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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conflict, contest, conflict management, conflict resolution, concessions, reciprocity, entropy, guns and talks, cooperation

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Wartime Violence and Post-War Collective Action: The Case of Agricultural Concessions in Mozambique

APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 15 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2015
Topher McDougal and Raul Caruso
Kroc School of Peace Studies, USD and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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civil war, development policy, agriculture, biofuels, concessions, community land grants, Mozambique

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A Model of Conflict, Appropriation and Production in a Two-Sector Economy

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 12 Nov 2007
Raul Caruso
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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Conflict, Productive and Unproductive Activities, Butter and Guns, Crime, Warlords, Civil War

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'For Being Aboriginal': Economic Perspectives on Pre-Holocaust Genocide and Mass Killings

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 May 2015
Jurgen Brauer and Raul Caruso
Georgia Regents University and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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Genocide; mass killing; case studies; economics; perpetrators; victims; third parties; preferences; costs; resources.

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Butter, Guns and Ice-Cream: A Simple Theory and Empirical Evidence from Sub-Saharian Africa

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 02 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2009
Raul Caruso
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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Civil war, resource curse, butter guns and ice-cream, structure of the economy, panel probit analysis

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Behavioral Differences in Violence: The Case of Intra-Group Differences of Paramilitaries and Guerrillas in Colombia

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 05 Jun 2015
Thomas Bassetti, Raul Caruso and Darwin F. Cortes
University of Padua - Department of Economics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Universidad del Rosario
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Finite Mixture Models, Colombian Conflict, behavioral differences in conflict

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Interdependence between US and European Military Spending: A Panel Cointegration Analysis (1988-2013)

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 24 May 2015
Raul Caruso and Marco Di Domizio
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and University of Teramo
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Military Spending, interdependence, Panel Cointegration, Fully Modified OLS, Dynamic OLS

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Economic Aspects of the Complementarity between Corruption and Crime: Evidence from Italy in the Period 1996-2005

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 May 2015
Raul Caruso and Adelaide Baronchelli
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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Corruption, Crime, Complementarity, investment

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Beyond Deterrence and Decline Towards a General Understanding of Peace Economics

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 19 May 2015
Raul Caruso
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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peace; war; development; military expenditures; butter, guns and ice-cream

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What Explains the Size of Sovereign Wealth Funds? A Panel Analysis (2008-2018)

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 14 Aug 2023
Raul Caruso, Anna Balestra and Marco Di Domizio
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Teramo
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Sovereign Wealth Funds, Assets under management, Dow Jones, Armed Conflicts, Globalization

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Does Training Explain Innovation in Transition Economies?

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 06 Sep 2023
Antonella Biscione, Chiara Burlina and Raul Caruso
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Padua and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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Transition economies, innovation, Training programs