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On the Escalation and De-Escalation of Conflict
Lacomba, Juan Antonio; Lagos, Francisco; Reuben, Ernesto; … - 2013
We introduce three variations of the Hirshleifer-Skaperdas conflict game to study experimentally the effects of post-conflict … altogether, often after substantial initial conflict. To attain peace, players must first engage in costly signaling by making …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319553
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On the Escalation and De-Escalation of Conflict
Lacomba, Juan A.; Lagos, Francisco; Reuben, Ernesto; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We introduce three variations of the Hirshleifer-Skaperdas conflict game to study experimentally the effects of post-conflict … altogether, often after substantial initial conflict. To attain peace, players must first engage in costly signaling by making …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959704
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Understanding the Development of Fundamentalism
Gang, Ira N.; Epstein, Gil S. - 2004
We use economic theory to examine the intensity of fundamentalist sects. Leaders work to enhance their followers? observance level. We model three stylized situations under which fundamentalist groups function, examining the intensity of observance in each. We find that, under reasonable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261982
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Who Is the Enemy?
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2004
We examine who benefits when there is a strong leader in place, and those who benefit when a situation lacks a proper leader. There are fractious terrorist groups who seek to serve the same people in common cause against a common enemy. The groups compete for rents obtained from the public by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261991
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Electoral rules and politicians' behavior: a micro test
Gagliarducci, Stefano; Nannicini, Tommaso; Naticchioni, … - 2008
Theory predicts that the majoritarian electoral system should produce more targeted redistribution and lower politicians' rents than proportional representation. We test these predictions using micro data for the mixed-member Italian House of Representatives, which allow us to sidestep the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268580
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Institutional development and colonial heritage within Brazil
Naritomi, Joana; Soares, Rodrigo Reis; Assunção, … - 2009
This paper analyzes the determinants of local institutions and distribution of political power within a constant 'macro-institutional' setting. We show that characteristics of Brazilian municipalities related to institutional quality and distribution of political power are partly inherited from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269117
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Government and Cities: Contests and the Decentralization of Decision Making
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2002
?s support. We set up a model of hierarchical contests and compare the implications of a centralized allocation process with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262698
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Political culture and discrimination in contests
Epstein, Gil S.; Mealem, Yosef; Nitzan, Shmuel - 2010
Many economic and political decisions are the outcome of strategic contests for a given prize. The nature of such … contests can be determined by a designer who is driven by political considerations with a specific political culture. The main …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274640
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Identifying conflict and violence in micro-level surveys
Brück, Tilman; Justino, Patricia; Verwimp, Philip; … - 2010
, and across time, how individuals, households and communities are affected by violent conflict. The report provides an … data-bases used to operationalize the variables of interest and discuss the channels linking violent conflict to individual … variables that allow researchers to analyze the welfare effects of violent conflict across countries and across time. We develop …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272662
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Ethnic fragmentation, conflict, displaced persons and human trafficking: An empirical analysis
Akee, Randall K. Q.; Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; … - 2010
fragmentation and conflict on international trafficking through internal and international displacements. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274570