Collier, Paul; Vicente, Pedro C - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2008
election held in Africa and one seriously marred by violence. We designed and conducted a nationwide field experiment based on … randomized anti-violence grassroots campaigning. We find direct effects on violence outcomes from exploring both subject … that the violence was systematically dissociated from incumbents. We suggest that incumbents have a comparative advantage …