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Social Structure and Conflict : Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Robinson, James A.; Robinson, James A.; Nunn, Nathan - 2018
to conflict and civil war. Ethnographic accounts suggest that in segmentary lineage societies, which are characterized by … individuals. We test for this link between segmentary lineage and conflict across 145 African ethnic groups in sub-Saharan Africa …-documented relationship between adverse rainfall shocks and conflict within Africa is only found within segmentary lineage societies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453504
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Conflicts and Common Interests in Committees
Li, Hao - 1999
Committees improve decisions by pooling independent information of members, but promote manipulation, obfuscation, and exaggeration of private evidence when members have conflicting preferences. We study how self-interest mediates these conflicting forces. When members' preferences differ, no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471629
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On the Dynamics of Human Behavior : The Past, Present, and Future of Culture, Conflict, and Cooperation
Nunn, Nathan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
I provide a theoretically-guided discussion of the dynamics of human behavior, focusing on the importance of culture (socially-learned information) and tradition (transmission of culture across generations). Decision-making that relies on tradition can be an effective strategy and arises in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938773
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The Promise and Pitfalls of Conflict Prediction : Evidence from Colombia and Indonesia
Bazzi, Samuel - 2019
Policymakers can take actions to prevent local conflict before it begins, if such violence can be accurately predicted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479929
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Mediating Conflict in the Lab
Casella, Alessandra - 2020
the theory in a lab experiment where two subjects negotiate how to share a resource; in case of conflict, the subjects … they translate into significant increases in conflict …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482356
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Efficient Regulation
Shleifer, Andrei - 2010
Regulation of economic activity is ubiquitous around the world, yet standard theories predict it should be rather uncommon. I argue that the ubiquity of regulation is explained not so much by the failure of markets, or by asymmetric information, as by the failure of courts to solve contract and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462999
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The Credit Ratings Game
Bolton, Patrick - 2009
interest of Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs). We model both the CRA conflict of understating credit risk to attract more business …, and the issuer conflict of purchasing only the most favorable ratings (issuer shopping), and examine the effectiveness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463935
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Disclosure by Politicians
Djankov, Simeon - 2009
We collect data on the rules and practices of financial and conflict disclosure by politicians in 175 countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463944
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Inflation-Output Tradeoff as Equilibrium Outcome of Globalization
Binyamini, Alon - 2008
The paper provides an integrated analysis of globalization effects on the inflation-output tradeoff and monetary policy in the New-Keynesian framework. The prediction of the analysis is threefold. First, labor, goods, and capital mobility flatten the Phillips curve, the tradeoff between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464268
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Conflict and Deterrence under Strategic Risk
Chassang, Sylvain - 2008
We examine the mechanics of deterrence and intervention when fear is a motive for conflict. We contrast results … distinguish predatory and preemptive incentives as determinants of conflict. We show that while weapons have an unambiguous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464685