We investigate the causes of civil war, using a new data set of wars during 1960-99. We test a `greed’ theory focusing … 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 …

thus lessen the severity of the conflict at home. However, unless the marginal return from guarding against terrorism is … security among the groups against external threats and a greater conflict between them in the domestic struggle for power. …

We examine how globalization affects trade patterns and welfare when conflict prevails domestically. We do so in a …'). Thus, conflict is viewed as ultimately stemming from imperfect property-rights enforcement. When comparing autarky with … conflict. We find that importers of the contested resource gain unambiguously. By contrast, exporters of the contested resource …

advantage in the conflict or that the joint production process exhibits increasing returns. Nor is there any presumption that … peace prevails among the alliance members. In this setting, the analysis finds that, due to the familiar free-rider problem …, the formation of alliances tends to reduce the severity of the conflict over the contestable resource. Furthermore …

This paper considers a partial equilibrium model of conflict where two asymmetric, rational and risk-neutral opponents … conflict in order to appropriate a positive fraction of a stake. An institutional constraint is modelled through an exogenously … conflicting agents are willing to commit themselves to ease the conflict joining an institutional setting they do not ‘disarm …

country’s income goes up. (Overall level of democracy in the world however has no effect on growth.) The effect of colonialism … is not statistically significant. Lower average level of protection in the world helps growth. Wars, whether civil or …