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Greed and Grievance in Civil War
Collier, Paul; Hoeffler, Anke - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2002
dependence upon primary commodity exports and a large diaspora substantially increase the risk of conflict. Inconsistent with the … grievance theory, greater ethnic and religious diversity reduce the risk of conflict. The results are robust to correction for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010605126
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Votes and Violence: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria
Collier, Paul; Vicente, Pedro C. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008
Following the wave of democratization during the 1990s, elections are now common in low-income societies.  However, these elections are frequently flawed.  We investigate the Nigerian general election of 2007, which is to date the largest election held in Africa and one seriously marred by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004298
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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