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 …

representative for states at large. Yet, most research on conflict has only examined national income averages and neglected spatial …. The authors test these hypotheses empirically using spatially disaggregated data on the location of conflict outbreaks and … per capita income estimates. The authors find that areas with absolute poverty indeed see more outbreaks of conflict, and …

The relationship between conflict and education has been studied before. However, previous authors have always focused … strongly on the supply-side effects, whereas this article examines the influence of conflict on the demand for education. It is … theoretically shown that, under relatively general conditions, individuals living in a conflict area have an incentive to increase …

institutions of good governance or, alternatively, state capacity which (a) can be considered a collective good and (b) can be … improved through investments. We show how the likelihood of a peace agreement depends on the level of state capacity and on … investments in state capacity made by adversaries. In accordance with existing evidence but contrary to various theories of …

monitoring, conflict resolution, enforcement, and/or the delegation of authority to intergovernmental organizations. This article …

In spite of its long history among scholars of international conflict, empirical evaluations of diversionary theory … international conflict participation on the other; and measurement error in operationalizations of the independent variableâ …

While theoretical models of conflict often treat actors as unitary, most self-determination groups are fragmented into … self-determination groups engage in—the first with their host state and the second between co-ethnic factions within groups … find that competition between co-ethnic factions is a key determinant of their conflict behavior. More competing factions …

, organizational legality, and tactical intensity, as well as contextual variables such as state violence and external support for the …