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conflict is modeled as a Bayesian game on which each player's valuation is drawn independently from arbitrary distributions. We … predictable movements in the conflict's dissipation. We focus on arbitrary contest success functions and arbitrary independent …
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This paper studies the effect of internal conflict on local fiscal capacity using evidence from Colombia’s political … conflict in the mid-20th century, better known as La Violencia. Following a difference-in-differences strategy, I find that … internal conflict has negative long-term consequences in local fiscal capacity. More precisely, municipalities affected by La …
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groups promote displacements in the very same places that experienced old land conflict …
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. On the positive side, we find that Facebook access decreases internal conflict, with evidence that this reflects …
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This paper studies the effects of disclosing information about politician misbehavior on trust in public institutions. I use news bulletins from the main anti-corruption agency in Colombia announcing disciplinary prosecutions against municipal mayors. I exploit the timing of the bulletin's...
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Spanish Abstract: ¿Pueden los medios determinar el éxito o fracaso de las reformas institucionales? Estudiamos la adopción del voto secreto en los Estados Unidos y el papel de los medios de comunicación en este paso crucial para mejorar la democracia. Utilizando una estrategia de...
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Civilian displacement is a common phenomenon in developing countries confronted with internal conflict. While … conflict and domestic violence, the intra-generational transmission of violence is highly likely …
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This article highlights a nefarious effect of elections during civil wars by demonstrating that they can facilitate the displacement of civilians. This occurs through two main mechanisms: they reveal information about civilians' loyalties directly to armed groups; and they threaten the status...
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This paper develops a simple model of the war against illegal drugs in producer and consumer countries. Our analysis shows how the equilibrium quantity of illegal drugs, as well as their price, depends on key parameters of the model, among them the price elasticity of demand, and the...
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conflict in Colombia. Using a matching-pair instrumental variable approach, we show that the historical dispossession of … movement -Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC) - during the first stage of the Colombian civil conflict ( 1964-1985). We …
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