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Overview

Anke Hoeffler is a researcher affiliated with the University of Konstanz in Germany. Their work spans multiple disciplines within the social sciences and psychology, focusing particularly on issues related to violence, trauma, and societal development. The breadth of their research includes clinical psychology, sociology and political science, as well as health professions.

The main fields of study represented in their publications include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology

Within these areas, Hoeffler's subfields of study cover:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • General Health Professions
  • Health
  • Safety Research

The topics of their research focus on:

  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • International Development and Aid
  • Religion, Society, and Development
  • Migration, Health and Trauma

Hoeffler has published research in several academic journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • Review of Development Economics
  • World Development
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • PLoS ONE

Examples of recent papers authored or co-authored by Hoeffler include:

  • "Is Chinese aid different?" (2022), published in World Development

Frequent co-authors in Hoeffler's research collaborations include:

  • Liliana Abreu
  • Anke Koebach
  • Patrícia Justino
  • Tobias Hecker
  • Samuel Carleial

Hoeffler's research outputs highlight a consistent engagement with complex social issues like international aid and development, as well as psychological and societal responses to violence and trauma. The intersection of clinical psychology principles with social and political sciences forms a distinctive aspect of their work.

Best Publications

  • Greed and Grievance in Civil War

    Paul Collier;Anke Hoeffler

  • Breaking the Conflict Trap: Civil War and Development Policy

    Paul Collier;V. L. Elliott;Håvard Hegre;Anke Hoeffler

  • On economic causes of civil war

    Paul Collier;Anke Hoeffler

  • GMM Estimation of Empirical Growth Models

    Stephen Roy Bond;Anke Hoeffler;Jonathan Temple

  • Beyond Greed and Grievance: Feasibility and Civil War

    Paul Collier;Anke Hoeffler;Dominic Rohner

  • On the Duration of Civil War

    Paul Collier;Anke Hoeffler;Måns Söderbom

  • On the incidence of civil war in Africa

    Paul Collier;Anke Hoeffler

  • Resource Rents, Governance, and Conflict

    Paul Collier;Anke Hoeffler

  • Aid, policy and growth in post-conflict societies

    Paul Collier;Anke Hoeffler

  • Post-conflict risks

    Paul Collier;Anke Hoeffler;Måns Söderbom

  • The augmented Solow model and the African growth debate

    Anke E. Hoeffler

  • Flight Capital as a Portfolio Choice

    Paul Collier;Anke Hoeffler;Catherine Pattillo

  • Need, Merit, or Self-Interest—What Determines the Allocation of Aid?

    Anke Hoeffler;Verity Outram

  • GMM Estimation of Empirical Growth Models

    Jrw Temple;S Bond;A Hoeffler

  • Testing the neocon agenda: Democracy in resource-rich societies

    Paul Collier;Anke Hoeffler

  • AID, Policy and Peace: Reducing the risks of civil conflict

    Peter Collier;Anke Hoeffler

  • Justice-seeking and loot-seeking in civil war

    Paul Collier;Anke Elisabeth Hoeffler

  • Unintended Consequences: Does Aid Promote Arms Races?*

    Paul Collier;Anke Hoeffler

  • The Political Economy of Secession

    Paul Collier;Anke Hoeffler

  • Africa's Exodus : Capital Flight and the Brain Drain as Portfolio Decisions

    Paul Collier;Anke Hoeffler;Catherine Pattillo

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Collier
Paul Collier University of Oxford
Robert H. Bates
Robert H. Bates Harvard University
Måns Söderbom
Måns Söderbom University of Gothenburg
Augustin Kwasi Fosu
Augustin Kwasi Fosu University of Ghana
Stephen Bond
Stephen Bond University of Oxford
Paul Glewwe
Paul Glewwe University of Minnesota
George R. G. Clarke
George R. G. Clarke Texas A&M International University
Thorsten Beck
Thorsten Beck European University Institute
Jonathan R.W. Temple
Jonathan R.W. Temple Independent Scientist / Consultant, UK
Philip Keefer
Philip Keefer Inter-American Development Bank

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