Peacekeeping operations and shadow economy growth in host countries

Robert G Blanton and Dursun Peksen
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Robert G Blanton: 9968University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Dursun Peksen: University of Memphis, USA

Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2025, vol. 42, issue 2, 148-167

Abstract: While a great deal of scholarship has been devoted to peacekeeping operations (PKOs), relatively few works have examined their economic effects. Toward better understanding this area of inquiry, we examine the impact of PKOs on the growth of the shadow economies of host countries. We posit that the conflict cessation brought about by peacekeeping missions, as well as their stimulative economic effects, will reduce the growth of the shadow sector. However, these impacts may not be sustainable after the conclusion of the mission. Testing these linkages across 145 countries for over 40 years, we find significant support for these dynamics.

Keywords: Informal economy; peacekeeping economies; peacekeeping operations; shadow economy; United Nations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1177/07388942241235478

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