We present a theory of ethnic conflict in which coalitions formed along ethnic lines compete for the economy%u2019s … coalition can defect to the winners at low cost, and this rules out conflict as an equilibrium outcome. We derive a number of … implications of the model relating social, political, and economic indicators such as the incidence of conflict, the distance among …

reacting to varying sizes of minority groups. We conclude that ethnic conflict is an important determinant of local public …

to conflict. Ethnographic accounts suggest that in segmentary lineage societies, which are characterized by strong …. We test for this link between segmentary lineage and conflict across 145 African ethnic groups in sub-Saharan Africa …

policy experiment in Indonesia to show how the effects of ethnic diversity on conflict depend on the political units within … which groups are organized. Redistricting along group lines can reduce conflict, but these gains are undone or even reversed …

ethnic conflict. A new type of bargaining failure due to multiple types of potential conflicts (and hence multiple threat … points) is identified. The theory predicts war to be more likely when resource and group concentration are high, and the …

We propose a model of cycles of distrust and conflict. Overlapping generations of agents from two groups sequentially … a sequence of bad actions originated. Assuming that both sides are not extremists, spirals of distrust and conflict get … this mechanism can be useful in interpreting cycles of ethnic conflict and international war, and how it also emerges in …

conflict when defense capability is fixed, but may allow for security and prosperity when defense capability is endogenous … of conflict and stagnation. We illustrate the model by analyzing the rise of civilization in Sumeria and Egypt, the first …