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Publicness of goods and violent conflict : evidence from Colombia
(Universidad del RosarioFacultad de Economía, 2013)
How the degree of publicness of goods affect violent conflict? Based on the theoretical model in Esteban and Ray (2001) we find that the effect of the degree of publicness depends on the group size. When the group is small ...
Land capability of multiple-landform watersheds with environmental land use conflicts
(Elsevier B.V., 2019-02-01)
This study introduces an improved method to assess land capability in the rural environment. Land capability, also defined as natural use, is a powerfull asset in land use planning and development of land use policies, ...
Diet of puma (Puma concolor) in sheep ranches of central Patagonia (Argentina)
(Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd, 2020-03)
Sheep depredation by puma (Puma concolor) is a socio-environmental problem that has intensified in recentdecades in Patagonia. A bounty system to control this carnivore is implemented in Chubut province (centralPatagonia), ...
Dams, Chinese investments, and EIAs: A race to the bottom in South America?
(Royal Swedish Acad Sciences, 2019-02)
The political economy of dam development in South America is changing as a result of a resurgence in water infrastructure investments. The arrival of Chinese-funded projects in the region has altered a context traditionally ...
Conflictos en una empresa familiar : estudio de caso empresa familiar del sector financiero de una ciudad mediana.
(Universidad EafitMaestría en Administración - MBAEscuela de Administración. Departamento de Organización y GerenciaBogotá, 2019)
Objective: Identify causes of conflicts and their possible effects on productivity in a family business in the financial sector of a medium-sized city, through semi-structured interviews and the characterization of a case ...
Surplus killing by pumas Puma concolor: rumours and facts
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2018-07-26)
Surplus killing (i.e. predation in which predators kill more prey than necessary to satiate their hunger) appears to be widespread in carnivores and has the potential to exacerbate human–carnivore conflict. Nevertheless, ...
Crowned eagles rarely prey on livestock in central Argentina: persecution is not justified
(Inter Research Science Publisher, 2010-12)
Raptors have been reported to prey on livestock, causing considerable conflicts between birds of prey and local human communities. Previous studies have documented that human persecution is the most important threat to the ...
Conflict-induced poverty: Evidence from Colombia
(Universidad del RosarioMaestría en EconomíaFacultad de Economía, 2013)
The study of the relationship between conflict and poverty is very relevant in a country like Colombia, suffering one of the longest internal conflicts still present in the world today and being the second country in South ...