Reynal-Querol, Marta; Montalvo, Jose G. - Econometric Society - 2004
Esteban and Ray (Econometrica 1994) describe a measure of polarization that is closely connected to potential conflict … for potential conflict and polarization. However it can be shown that the fractionalization index (one minus Herfindahl … this paper we propose a new measure for potential ethnic conflict based on a discrete distance version of Estaban and Ray …