Does war influence individual expectations?

Carlos Bozzoli, Tilman Brück and Tony Muhumuza

Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 113, issue 3, 288-291

Abstract: We analyse the effect of mass violent conflict on individual expectations in Northern Uganda. We find that the expectations of the future economic situation are negatively affected by recent conflict while the effect on broadly defined welfare is less robust.

Keywords: Conflict; Expectations; Northern Uganda; War; Welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D84 H56 O10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.08.011

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