This paper expands the micro-foundations of the traditional greed and grievance non-cooperative model of civil conflict … better understanding of conflict persistence, the consequences of competing international aid and why sub-optimal sanctions …

We construct a dynamic theory of civil conflict hinging on inter-ethnic trust and trade. The model economy is … beliefs on the average propensity to trade of the other group. Since confict disrupts trade, the onset of a conflict signals … after each conflict episode. Third, accidental conflicts that do not reflect economic fundamentals can lead to a permanent …

This paper examines the causes of conflict in Burundi and discusses strategies for building peace. The analysis of the … preferences (altruistic or exclusionist), which in turn determines the type of allocative institutions and policies that prevail …, because unequal distribution of resources generates conflict, maintaining a system based on inequality is difficult because it …

institutions, and tests whether such labor rigidities are conducive to long-run growth. We find that non-enforceable labor … regulations do not have a bearing on economic growth, but enforceable labor regulations do. In fact, when using a GMM-IV method …-run economic growth. …

control group, I develop an empirical strategy that disentangles the partial effects of institutions and of endowments on … income. I find that institutions are the main determinant of development, but that endowments have a sizeable direct impact … mix up the effect of the historical determinants of institutions with the sizeable direct impact of access to trade and of …

Both institutional quality and institutional stability have been argued to stimulate economic growth. But to improve … institutional instability. We investigate the growth effects of institutional quality and instability, using the political risk … the aggregate index, we find evidence that institutional quality is positively linked to growth. While institutional …