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Sunlight Disinfects? Free Media in Weak Democracies
Fergusson, Leopoldo - 2018
Free media may not favor political accountability when other democratic institutions are weak, and may even bring undesirable unintended consequences. We propose a simple model in which candidates running for office may engage in coercion to obtain votes. A media scandal exposing these...
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Colombia : Democratic But Violent?
Fergusson, Leopoldo; Vargas, Juan F. - 2022
broader relationship between democracy and violence. The chapter studies some of the most important democratization reforms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013307753
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Rent-Seeking for Public Goods : Group’s Size and Wealth Heterogeneity
Nupia, Oskar - 2011
In this paper, we study how between-group wealth and size heterogeneity affect success probabilities as well as aggregate rent-seeking efforts when two groups compete for the allocation of a pure public good. Unlike with previous models, we measure the utility cost of rent-seeking in terms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121117
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Don't Make War, Make Elections - Franchise Extension and Violence in XIXth-Century Colombia
Fergusson, Leopoldo - 2013
This paper studies the effect of strengthening democracy, as captured by an increase in voting rights, on the incidence … of violent civil conflict in nineteenth-century Colombia. Empirically studying the relationship between democracy and … conflict is challenging, not only because of conceptual problems in defining and measuring democracy, but also because …
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Politics and Reconciliation : A Critical Juncture for State Building
Eslava, Francisco - 2017
We describe some features of the political environment in Colombia, drawing from a unique panel dataset of about 10,000 households. Contrasting responses in 2013 and 2016, we document a persistent lack of interest in politics and prevailing clientelism, with personalistic links dominating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012941265
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Who Wants Violence? The Political Economy of Conflict and State Building in Colombia
Fergusson, Leopoldo - 2017
Enduring violent conflict is the flip side of the coin of a weak state. In this article, I propose some political economy underpinnings for the persistence of conflict (and the weak state). Focusing on the case of Colombia, I discuss three broad sets of mechanisms that are also relevant...
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Los efectos del fin del conflicto armado con las FARC sobre la participación política regional en Colombia (The Effects of the End of the Armed Conflict with the FARC on Regional P...
Leguízamo, Emilio - 2021
Spanish Abstract: En Colombia el conflicto armado generó múltiples tensiones políticas que llevaron a que los ciudadanos de las regiones más golpeadas por el conflicto participaran menos en las elecciones. El Acuerdo de paz con las FARC, firmado en 2016, ha generado cambios que podrían...
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Electing Displacement : Political Cleansing in Apartadó, Colombia
Steele, Abbey - 2014
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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Unintended Consequences of Alternative Development Programs : Evidence From Colombia's Illegal Crop Substitution
Llanes, Lucas Marín - 2020
While force eradication through aerial spraying has large social costs, there is no evidence of the unexpected consequences of alternative development programs. This paper suggests an unintended effect of the largest crop substitution program in the world on political violence exploiting data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014092810
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Guns, Pets, and Strikes : An Experiment on Identity and Political Action
Ginzburg, Boris; Guerra, José-Alberto - 2022
We study the implications of participation in political collective action on identity and on interpersonal interactions using a laboratory experiment. We offer subjects the possibility to sign an online petition, which was either related to animal rights or the right to bear firearms. Before and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013308268