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A Model of Dynamic Conflict in Ethnocracies
Bakshi, Dripto - 2015
partly spills over into the next period, by affecting relative conflict efficiency. Our model generates non …-monotone evolution of both conflict and distribution. Results suggest that external interventions, when effective in reducing current … conflict and protecting weaker groups, may end up sowing the seeds of greater future conflict …
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Terrorism, Political Opinions, and Election Outcomes : Evidence from Europe
Peri, Giovanni - 2020
There is surprisingly little evidence on how terror attacks impact elections. With only a few exceptions, previous studies in this literature have focused on a particular country or attack, limiting their generalizability. Ours is the first comprehensive, multi-country examination of the effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838460
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Habemus Papam? Polarization and Conflict in the Papal States
Pino, Francisco - 2020
We study the effect of divisions within the elite on the probability of internal conflict in the Papal States between … the time of the election.We exploit this variation to analyze the causal effect of a divided conclave on conflict. We find … that an increase of one standard deviation in our measure of polarization raised the likelihood of internal conflict by …
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Touch Thee Not : Group Conflict, Caste Power, and Untouchability in Rural India
Dasgupta, Indraneel - 2019
-dimensional simultaneous group conflict over social norms, wherein an upper and backward (OBC) caste Hindu bloc contests the 'scheduled' castes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894557
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Everybody's a Victim? Global Terror, Well-Being and Political Attitudes
Akay, Alpaslan - 2018
Terror has become a global issue. Terror acts perpetuated by religious, nationalist or political groups around the globe can propagate distress rapidly through different channels and possibly change political attitudes. This paper suggests the first evaluation of the impact of global terror on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012915718
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Voting as a War of Attrition
Kwiek, Maksymilian - 2018
We study communication in committees selecting one of two alternatives when consensus is required and agents have private information about their preferences. Delaying the decision is costly, so a form of multiplayer war of attrition emerges. Waiting allows voters to express the intensity of...
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Anti-Elite Politics and Emotional Reactions to Socio-Economic Problems. Experimental Evidence on 'Pocketbook Anger' from France, Germany, and the United States
Marx, Paul - 2019
Many observers have noticed the importance of anger in contemporary politics, particularly with reference to populism. This article addresses the question under which conditions people become angry about a specific aspect of their lives: their personal financial situation. Specifically, it asks...
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Minority Salience and Political Extremism
Colussi, Tommaso - 2016
This paper studies electoral effects of exposure to religious minorities in the context of Muslim communities in Germany. Using unique data on mosques' construction and election results across municipalities over the period 1980-2013, we find that the presence of a mosque increases political...
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Terrorism and Employment : Evidence from Successful and Failed Terror Attacks
Brodeur, Abel - 2015
This paper examines the economic consequences of terror attacks and the channels through which terrorism affects local economies. I rely on an exhaustive list of terror attacks over the period 1970-2013 in the U.S. and exploit the inherent randomness in the success or failure of terror attacks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011133
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Religious Riots and Electoral Politics in India
Iyer, Sriya - 2015
The effect of ethnic violence on electoral results provides useful insights into voter behaviour in democratic societies. Religious riots have claimed more than 14,000 lives in India since 1950. We study the effect of Hindu-Muslim riots on election results in India. We combine data on riots,...
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