Arbeitspapier
Mercenaries in civil wars, 1950-2000
This paper investigates the determinants of mercenary participation in civil wars during the second half of the 20th century. We present a new dataset on mercenary activities and use it to test hypotheses derived from a simple gametheoretic model of demand and supply in the market for force. We find that higher GDP and diamond deposits in a country increase the probability that mercenaries fight in an internal war. Military interventions also increase the risk of mercenary involvement, with the exception of UN interventions.
- Alternative title
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Söldner in Bürgerkriegen, 1950-2000
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: WZB Discussion Paper ; No. SP II 2009-05
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Chojnacki, Sven
Metternich, Nils
Münster, Johannes
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Veröffentlichung
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Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
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Berlin
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2009
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Chojnacki, Sven
- Metternich, Nils
- Münster, Johannes
- Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
Time of origin
- 2009
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