stronger than the other – exhibit different patterns of violence. We hypothesize that, while the mode of violence differs, the …

quantitatively large and robust to a number of control variables, alternative measures of violence, and different statistical … ethnic violence depend on the ethnic fractionalization. Fighting has a negative effect on the economic situation in highly …

What accounts for low-intensity intergroup violence? In this paper, we explore the micro-level determinants of low …-intensity sectarian violence in Northern Ireland, which has marked the post-1998 peace agreement period. We use original cross …-sectional time series violence data for the 2005-2012 period at a disaggregated sub-national level, the ward, and a wide variety of …

We analyse the effect of violence and rebellion on the evolution of household welfare. We collected new panel data for … on the effect of civil war, we find that villagelevel violence, measured as the number of battle-related deaths or …

Recent research on violence against civilians during wars has emphasized war-related factors over political ones. For … that levels of prewar electoral competition explain variation in levels of direct violence from both the left and the right … whereby subsequent levels of violence are highly correlated with initial levels of violence. I argue that the mechanism behind …

conflict-affected countries. This module will enable researchers to address specific violence-related issues comparatively … survey designs in conflict-affected areas. We review existing conflict- and violence-related questionnaires, with a special … in order to deepen the understanding of the nature of violent conflict and the channels whereby conflict and violence …

election held in Africa and one seriously marred by violence. We designed and conducted a nationwide field experiment based on … randomized anti-violence grassroots campaigning. We find direct effects on violence outcomes from exploring both subject … that the violence was systematically dissociated from incumbents. We suggest that incumbents have a comparative advantage …