Acemoglu, Daron; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - Institute of Public Policy and Public Choice - POLIS - 2009
A notable feature of post-World War II civil wars is their very long average duration. We provide a theory of the … persistence of civil wars. The civilian government can successfully defeat rebellious factions only by creating a relatively …. Civilian governments whose rents are largely unaffected by civil wars then choose small and weak armies that are incapableof …