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War signals: a theory of trade, trust and conflict

Rohner, Dominic; Thoenig, Mathias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2011

We construct a dynamic theory of civil conflict hinging on inter-ethnic trust and trade. The model economy is inhabitated by two ethnic groups. Inter-ethnic trade requires imperfectly observed bilateral investments and one group has to form beliefs on the average propensity to trade of the other...

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War and natural resource exploitation

Ploeg, Frederick van der; Rohner, Dominic - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 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...

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Natural resource distribution and multiple forms of civil war

Morelli, Massimo; Rohner, Dominic - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2010

We examine how natural resource location, rent sharing and fighting capacities of different groups matter for ethnic conflict. A new type of bargaining failure due to multiple types of potential conflicts (and hence multiple threat points) is identified. The theory predicts conflict to be more...

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Choice Democracy

Ledoit, Olivier - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2011

Democracy is defined by two core tenets: voice and pluralism. Within these constraints, a wide variety of regime types … can be designed. We show that the only new, untested form of democracy is when every citizen is governed by the political …, each one sovereign only over the people who chose to vote for it - hence the name: "Choice Democracy". Choice Democracy can …

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The political economy of imperialism, decolonization, and development

Gartzke, Erik; Rohner, Dominic - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2010

Nations have historically sought power and prosperity through control of physical space. In recent decades, however, territorial empire has largely ceased. Most states that can take and hold territory no longer appear eager to do so, while the weak are unable to expand. Have powerful countries...

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Terrorism: Deterrence May Backfire

Frey, Bruno S.; Luechinger, Simon - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, …

Present anti-terrorist policy concentrates almost exclusively on deterrence. It seeks to fend off terrorism by raising the cost of undertaking terrorist acts. This paper argues that deterrence policy is less effective than generally thought and induces in some cases even more terrorism. This is,...

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Politicians: Be Killed or Survive

Frey, Bruno S.; Torgler, Benno - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2008

: extended institutional and governance quality, democracy, voice and accountability, a well functioning system of law and order …

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Bowling for fascism: social capital and the rise of the Nazi Party

Voigtländer, Nico; Voth, Hans-Joachim; Satyanath, Shanker - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2014

literature on its "dark side". We examine the role of social capital in the downfall of democracy in interwar Germany. We analyze … democracy. We also show that the effects of social capital were more important in the starting phase of the Nazi movement, and …

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God does not play dice, but people should: random selection in politics, science and society

Frey, Bruno S.; Steiner, Lasse - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2014

This paper discusses and proposes random selection as a component in decision-making in society. Random procedures have played a significant role in history, especially in classical Greece and the medieval city-states of Italy. We examine the important positive features of decisions by random...

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Democracy and innovation

Frey, Bruno S. - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2010

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