Elections constitute a fundamental element of postconflict peacebuilding efforts in the post–cold war era and are … often held soon after conflicts end. Yet, the impact of early elections on postconflict stability is the subject of sharp … debate. While some argue that early elections facilitate peace agreements, hasten democratization, and ensure postconflict …

international actors who press for early elections. However, elections held soon after wars end, when political institutions remain …-edged influence over election timing and the risk of war, often promoting precarious military stalemates and early elections but …, we develop and test quantitatively a model of the causes of early elections as a building block in evaluating the larger …

.S. Presidential elections. They model this situation as a signaling game in which a population of receivers takes a binary choice, the …

accountability lends him or her a significant advantage in crisis-bargaining situations. But if elections are the primary source of a …

local wartime institutions. To this end, I present original evidence on conflict areas in Colombia to illustrate the scope …

how PTAs could induce hostilities between members and nonmembers. In this article, I argue that dyadic conflict is more … spanning 1961 to 2000, I find that PTA-induced trade distortions are associated with a higher likelihood of conflict between …