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The Incidence of Civil War: Theory and Evidence
Besley, Timothy J.; Persson, Torsten - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
the incidence of conflict to circumstances, institutions and features of the underlying economy and polity. We use this … model to derive testable predictions and to interpret the cross-sectional and times-series variations in civil conflict. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661970
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The role of freedom, growth and religion in the taste for revolution
MacCulloch, Robert; Pezzini, Silvia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
A fundamental issue for economists is what determines civil conflict. One unsettled question is the relative importance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928706
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The Costs of Organized Violence: A Review of the Evidence
Skaperdas, Stergios - CESifo - 2009
I critically review recent studies that estimate those costs of violence and conflict that can emerge among organized … of organized conflict and violence are aggregated. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013055
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Suicide Terrorism and the Weakest Link
Arce, Daniel G.; Dan Kovenock J.; Roberson, Brian - CESifo - 2009
In this paper we examine a model of terrorism which focuses on the tradeoffs facing a terrorist organization that has the ability to utilize either or both suicide and conventional terrorism tactics. The terrorist organization’s objective is to successfully attack at least one target. Success...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013950
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Extremism Drives Out Moderation
Klose, Bettina; Dan Kovenock J. - CESifo - 2012
, we show that substituting the auction contest success function for the lottery contest success function in a conflict may … radicals. Our results demonstrate the importance of the choice of the institutions of conflict, as modeled by the contest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010547898
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Mobility and Conflict
Bhattacharya, Sourav; Deb, Joyee; Kundu, Tapas - CESifo - 2012
We study the role of inter-group differences in the emergence of conflict. In our setting, two groups compete for the …, that the opposition can either accept, or reject and wage conflict. Expropriating a large share of resources increases … of conflict. In equilibrium, allocations are non-monotonic in the cost of mobility. Moreover, limited commitment with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416114
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War and Natural Resource Exploitation
Ploeg, Frederick Van der; Rohner, Dominic - CESifo - 2010
Although the relationship between natural resources and civil war has received much attention, little is known about the underlying mechanisms. Controversies and contradictions in the stylized facts persist because resource extraction is treated as exogenous while in reality fighting affects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727286
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Alliances in the Shadow of Conflict
Ke, Changxia; Konrad, Kai A.; Morath, Florian - CESifo - 2012
conflict and more intense fighting. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010603853
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Wars of Conquest and Independence
Hodler, Roland; Yektas, Hadi - CESifo - 2013
Wars of conquest and wars of independence are characterized by an asymmetric payoff structure: one party gets aggregate production if it wins, and its own production if it loses, while the other party gets only its own production if it wins, and nothing if it loses. We study a model of war with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010668476
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Inefficient Group Organization as Optimal Adaption to Dominant Environments
Kolmar, Martin; Wagener, Andreas - CESifo - 2010
Contests between groups are plagued by intra-group externalities (freeriding). Yet, costless incentive schemes that entirely avoid free-riding within a group might not be desirable, neither individually nor socially. In contests among two groups, a relatively weak (i.e., small or unproductive)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008498991