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Genocide

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The entry defines crimes of mass atrocity, such as genocide, provides data on their intensity, and discusses domestic and international institutions formed to address the crimes. In addition, the entry briefly surveys the economic literature on mass atrocity crimes from theoretical and empirical perspectives. It pays particular attention to the economics of international law.

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  1. College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, USA

    Charles H. Anderton

  2. Hull College of Business, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, USA

    Jurgen Brauer

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Correspondence to Charles H. Anderton or Jurgen Brauer .

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. MRE and University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France

    Alain Marciano

  2. Faculté d’Economie, Université de Montpellier and LAMETA-UMR CNRS, Montpellier, France

    Alain Marciano

  3. DiGSPES, University of Eastern Piedmont, Alessandria, Italy

    Giovanni Battista Ramello

  4. IEL, Torino, Italy

    Giovanni Battista Ramello

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Anderton, C.H., Brauer, J. (2019). Genocide. In: Marciano, A., Ramello, G.B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7753-2_581

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