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On the statistical properties and tail risk of violent conflicts

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  • Cirillo, Pasquale
  • Taleb, Nassim Nicholas

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We examine statistical pictures of violent conflicts over the last 2000 years, providing techniques for dealing with the unreliability of historical data.

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  • Cirillo, Pasquale & Taleb, Nassim Nicholas, 2016. "On the statistical properties and tail risk of violent conflicts," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 452(C), pages 29-45.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:452:y:2016:i:c:p:29-45
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2016.01.050
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