Jean–paul Azam
Biographic Data
| ID | 3585648 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jean–paul Azam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jean–paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Azam |
| SIGNATURE | AZAM J P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institut Universitaire de France |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 272 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Provoking insurgency in a federal state: Theory and application to India
Reflections on Africa’s Wars
This article reflects on the civil wars in Africa, the continent with the greatest problem. It concentrates on the importance of governments' ability to commit to transfers to avoid war, and the role which international organizations, domestic institutions, and even individual leaders can play in enhancing that ability to commit. Africa, in particular, has been the theater of many civil wars since the end of the cold war, while it remains the mos…
Why suicide-terrorists get educated, and what to do about it
Book Notes
Foreign Aid Versus Military Intervention in the War on Terror
This article presents a theoretical framework and some empirical results showing that the level of foreign aid received reduces the supply of terrorist attacks from recipient countries, while U.S. military interventions are liable to increase this supply. Due account is taken of endogeneity problems in producing these results. They suggest that Western democracies, which are the main targets of terrorist attacks, should invest more funds in forei…
The roles of foreign aid and education in the war on terror
Trade unions vs. statistical discrimination: Theory and application to post-apartheid South Africa
Suicide-bombing as inter-generational investment
Those in Kayes: The Impact of Remittances on Their Recipients in Africa
Cet article décrit les migrations des Soninké et les interprète comme une stratégie de diversification des risques, à la lumière des développements théoriques récents. Les études historiques et ethnologiques de ces mouvements migratoires suggèrent que ce n’est pas seulement le bien-être des familles restant au village qui est assuré, mais également l’honneur du clan. Un modèle théorique en équilibre partiel est proposé pour saisir ce phénomène. C…
Strikes and Political Activism of Trade Unions: Theory and Application to Bangladesh
Contracting for aid
Civil War and the Social Contract
Looting and Conflict between Ethnoregional Groups: Lessons For State Formation in Africa
A game-theoretic model is analyzed for discussing the determination of looting and fighting activity during a civil war between two ethnoregional groups. The Nash equilibrium of this game emphasizes population size, production capacity and productivity, and access to external funding as the main determinants of the size of the armies and the intensity of looting activity. The Nash equilibrium of the game between the two warlords involves an exces…
Violence Against Civilians in Civil Wars: Looting or Terror
This article analyses the motives of violence against civilians during internal wars. It is suggested that soldiers may terrorize civilians because they need the loot to augment their resources while the rest of the time is engaged in fighting proper. An alternative hypothesis suggests that terrorizing the civilian population plays a direct military role. The displacement of large fractions of the civilian population reduces the fighting efficien…
Capacité d'engagement de l'État, redistribution et croissance
Un modèle de lutte pour le pouvoir est analysé, montrant le rôle de la capacité d'engagement de l'État sur le montant de ses dépenses dans le maintien de la paix. Dans ce cas, l'État a le monopole des dépenses militaires, et on a soit un équilibre redistributif, soit un équilibre « prétorien », avec un État sur-militarisé, selon les paramètres du modèle. En l'absence de crédibilité, le groupe exclu du pouvoir s'arme aussi dans certains cas, et la…
The Redistributive State and Conflicts in Africa
This article argues that ethnic problems are only one aspect of political violence in Africa, while violent conflicts must be considered a failure of the state to perform some of its fundamental tasks. State formation in Africa is a transition process starting from an institutional endowment of ethnic division. Ethnic capital in Africa ensures the provision of many of the services that a modern state has taken over in rich countries, e.g. securit…
Conflict and Growth in Africa
Dollars for Sale: Exchange Rate Policy and Inflation in Africa
La dévaluation des francs CFA et le cours parallèle de la naira
Le cours parallèle de la naira a chuté peu de temps après la dévaluation du franc CFA en 1994. On construit un modèle théorique simple montrant comment ces deux événements sont probablement reliés, et on présente un test économétrique allant dans ce sens
Risque politique et croissance en Afrique
[eng] A simple analytical model is presented where the rebellion activity of the political opponent is an increasing function of the prédation and repression activity of the government, and a decreasing function of its redistribution activity. These predictions are tested on national African data, using a probit model, and are not rejected. Lastly it is shown that political risk, measured by the probability of political violence erupting, has …
La formation du prix du riz: Théorie et application au cas d'Antananarivo (Madagascar)
Un petit modèle intertemporel de marché d'actif est analysé pour expliquer la formation du prix du riz à Antananarivo (Madagascar). L'écart entre le prix à la récolte et le prix à la soudure est expliqué par les coûts physiques et financiers du stockage, et par les erreurs de prévision. Le modèle est utilisé pour discuter divers problèmes de politique économique relative au marché du riz, et une application économétrique suggère une certaine iner…
Dollars en solde: Politique de change et inflation au Nigéria (1980-1993)
Azam Jean-Paul. Dollars en solde : politique de change et inflation au Nigéria (1980-1993). In: Revue économique, volume 46, n°3, 1995. pp. 727-737
Crop sales, shortages and peasant portfolio behaviour: An analysis of Angola
The article focuses on the influence of economic factors on sales of agricultural products in Angola. Between the early 1970s and the mid-1980s the volume of sales declined by around 90 percent, while during the late 1980s there was a significant recovery. This was partly due to non-economic factors such as war and drought. However, the rural economy also experienced extraordinary regulatory changes which led to a severe shortage of consumer good…
Employeurs dominants et salaire minimum dans l'agriculture marocaine
Employeurs dominants et salaire minimum dans l'agriculture marocaine On étudie un modèle d'allocation du travail agricole entre un secteur concurrentiel et un employeur dominant. Le pouvoir de monopsone de ce dernier implique un écart de productivité marginale du travail entre les deux secteurs. Une hausse du salaire minimum entraîne un mouvement de main-d'œuvre vers l'employeur dominant. L'effet positif sur la production qui en résulte n'est pa…
L'offre de cultures commerciales en économie de pénurie
Violence Against Civilians in Civil Wars: Looting or Terror
This article analyses the motives of violence against civilians during internal wars. It is suggested that soldiers may terrorize civilians because they need the loot to augment their resources while the rest of the time is engaged in fighting proper. An alternative hypothesis suggests that terrorizing the civilian population plays a direct military role. The displacement of large fractions of the civilian population reduces the fighting efficien…
Foreign Aid Versus Military Intervention in the War on Terror
This article presents a theoretical framework and some empirical results showing that the level of foreign aid received reduces the supply of terrorist attacks from recipient countries, while U.S. military interventions are liable to increase this supply. Due account is taken of endogeneity problems in producing these results. They suggest that Western democracies, which are the main targets of terrorist attacks, should invest more funds in forei…
Looting and Conflict between Ethnoregional Groups: Lessons For State Formation in Africa
A game-theoretic model is analyzed for discussing the determination of looting and fighting activity during a civil war between two ethnoregional groups. The Nash equilibrium of this game emphasizes population size, production capacity and productivity, and access to external funding as the main determinants of the size of the armies and the intensity of looting activity. The Nash equilibrium of the game between the two warlords involves an exces…
The Redistributive State and Conflicts in Africa
This article argues that ethnic problems are only one aspect of political violence in Africa, while violent conflicts must be considered a failure of the state to perform some of its fundamental tasks. State formation in Africa is a transition process starting from an institutional endowment of ethnic division. Ethnic capital in Africa ensures the provision of many of the services that a modern state has taken over in rich countries, e.g. securit…
Contracting for aid
The roles of foreign aid and education in the war on terror
Suicide-bombing as inter-generational investment
Those in Kayes: The Impact of Remittances on Their Recipients in Africa
Cet article décrit les migrations des Soninké et les interprète comme une stratégie de diversification des risques, à la lumière des développements théoriques récents. Les études historiques et ethnologiques de ces mouvements migratoires suggèrent que ce n’est pas seulement le bien-être des familles restant au village qui est assuré, mais également l’honneur du clan. Un modèle théorique en équilibre partiel est proposé pour saisir ce phénomène. C…
Civil War and the Social Contract
Risque politique et croissance en Afrique
[eng] A simple analytical model is presented where the rebellion activity of the political opponent is an increasing function of the prédation and repression activity of the government, and a decreasing function of its redistribution activity. These predictions are tested on national African data, using a probit model, and are not rejected. Lastly it is shown that political risk, measured by the probability of political violence erupting, has …
Strikes and Political Activism of Trade Unions: Theory and Application to Bangladesh
General equilibrium with parallel markets for goods and foreign exchange: Theory and application to Ghana
Provoking insurgency in a federal state: Theory and application to India
Why suicide-terrorists get educated, and what to do about it
Conflict and Growth in Africa
Dollars for Sale: Exchange Rate Policy and Inflation in Africa
L'impact macroéconomique de la politique commerciale en déséquilibre Le rôle des importations de biens intermédiaires
[eng] Macroeconomic impact of commercial policy in disequilibrium Jean-Paul Azam Four fixprice equilibrium regimes appear with the introduction of imported intermediate goods. Firms behaviour is different in each of them. In a particular sense, labour and intermediate inputs can be substitutes or complements according to the type of equilibrium. The analysis emphasises the role of a tariff on imported inputs and that of outlets. Full employment c…
Money, Growth and Disequilibrium
The analysis of the trilogy of the title receives an increasing attention in the literature. Malinvaud (1980) analyses the dynamics of a disequilibrium model with a fixed-coefficients technology and an investment function that is common to all disequilibrium regimes. His main conclusion is that only Keynesian equilibria are stable in the long run. Laussel (1980) generalizes this model by relaxing these two assumptions. Several cases appear in his…
Monetary Uncertainty
General equilibrium with parallel markets for goods and foreign exchange: Theory and application to Ghana
L'offre de cultures commerciales en économie de pénurie
Marchés parallèles et convertibilité: Analyse théorique avec références aux économies africaines
Employeurs dominants et salaire minimum dans l'agriculture marocaine
Employeurs dominants et salaire minimum dans l'agriculture marocaine On étudie un modèle d'allocation du travail agricole entre un secteur concurrentiel et un employeur dominant. Le pouvoir de monopsone de ce dernier implique un écart de productivité marginale du travail entre les deux secteurs. Une hausse du salaire minimum entraîne un mouvement de main-d'œuvre vers l'employeur dominant. L'effet positif sur la production qui en résulte n'est pa…
Crop sales, shortages and peasant portfolio behaviour: An analysis of Angola
The article focuses on the influence of economic factors on sales of agricultural products in Angola. Between the early 1970s and the mid-1980s the volume of sales declined by around 90 percent, while during the late 1980s there was a significant recovery. This was partly due to non-economic factors such as war and drought. However, the rural economy also experienced extraordinary regulatory changes which led to a severe shortage of consumer good…
La formation du prix du riz: Théorie et application au cas d'Antananarivo (Madagascar)
Un petit modèle intertemporel de marché d'actif est analysé pour expliquer la formation du prix du riz à Antananarivo (Madagascar). L'écart entre le prix à la récolte et le prix à la soudure est expliqué par les coûts physiques et financiers du stockage, et par les erreurs de prévision. Le modèle est utilisé pour discuter divers problèmes de politique économique relative au marché du riz, et une application économétrique suggère une certaine iner…
Dollars en solde: Politique de change et inflation au Nigéria (1980-1993)
Azam Jean-Paul. Dollars en solde : politique de change et inflation au Nigéria (1980-1993). In: Revue économique, volume 46, n°3, 1995. pp. 727-737
Risque politique et croissance en Afrique
[eng] A simple analytical model is presented where the rebellion activity of the political opponent is an increasing function of the prédation and repression activity of the government, and a decreasing function of its redistribution activity. These predictions are tested on national African data, using a probit model, and are not rejected. Lastly it is shown that political risk, measured by the probability of political violence erupting, has …
La dévaluation des francs CFA et le cours parallèle de la naira
Le cours parallèle de la naira a chuté peu de temps après la dévaluation du franc CFA en 1994. On construit un modèle théorique simple montrant comment ces deux événements sont probablement reliés, et on présente un test économétrique allant dans ce sens
Dollars for Sale: Exchange Rate Policy and Inflation in Africa
Capacité d'engagement de l'État, redistribution et croissance
Un modèle de lutte pour le pouvoir est analysé, montrant le rôle de la capacité d'engagement de l'État sur le montant de ses dépenses dans le maintien de la paix. Dans ce cas, l'État a le monopole des dépenses militaires, et on a soit un équilibre redistributif, soit un équilibre « prétorien », avec un État sur-militarisé, selon les paramètres du modèle. En l'absence de crédibilité, le groupe exclu du pouvoir s'arme aussi dans certains cas, et la…
The Redistributive State and Conflicts in Africa
This article argues that ethnic problems are only one aspect of political violence in Africa, while violent conflicts must be considered a failure of the state to perform some of its fundamental tasks. State formation in Africa is a transition process starting from an institutional endowment of ethnic division. Ethnic capital in Africa ensures the provision of many of the services that a modern state has taken over in rich countries, e.g. securit…
Conflict and Growth in Africa
Looting and Conflict between Ethnoregional Groups: Lessons For State Formation in Africa
A game-theoretic model is analyzed for discussing the determination of looting and fighting activity during a civil war between two ethnoregional groups. The Nash equilibrium of this game emphasizes population size, production capacity and productivity, and access to external funding as the main determinants of the size of the armies and the intensity of looting activity. The Nash equilibrium of the game between the two warlords involves an exces…
Violence Against Civilians in Civil Wars: Looting or Terror
This article analyses the motives of violence against civilians during internal wars. It is suggested that soldiers may terrorize civilians because they need the loot to augment their resources while the rest of the time is engaged in fighting proper. An alternative hypothesis suggests that terrorizing the civilian population plays a direct military role. The displacement of large fractions of the civilian population reduces the fighting efficien…
Contracting for aid
Civil War and the Social Contract
Strikes and Political Activism of Trade Unions: Theory and Application to Bangladesh
Suicide-bombing as inter-generational investment
Those in Kayes: The Impact of Remittances on Their Recipients in Africa
Cet article décrit les migrations des Soninké et les interprète comme une stratégie de diversification des risques, à la lumière des développements théoriques récents. Les études historiques et ethnologiques de ces mouvements migratoires suggèrent que ce n’est pas seulement le bien-être des familles restant au village qui est assuré, mais également l’honneur du clan. Un modèle théorique en équilibre partiel est proposé pour saisir ce phénomène. C…
Trade unions vs. statistical discrimination: Theory and application to post-apartheid South Africa
The roles of foreign aid and education in the war on terror
Political science (22 works) · Economics (19 works) · Law (10 works) · Humanities (9 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (9 works) · Political economy (9 works) · Art (8 works) · Agriculture and Rural Development Research (7 works) · Development economics (7 works) · Economic Theory and Policy (7 works)