We investigate the causes of civil war, using a new data set of wars during 1960-99. We test a greed theory focusing on …

We investigate the causes of civil war, using a new data set of wars during 1960-99. We test a `greed’ theory focusing …

a central puzzle: why do civil wars occur at all when, given the high costs of war, groups have every incentive to reach … literature has aimed to identify the causes of civil war. While most work is plagued by econometric identification problems, low … linked to civil war. We argue that micro-level analysis and data are needed to truly decipher war’s causes, and understand …

This paper explores the relationship between violence and displacement during civil war focusing on two different forms … paper explores the relationship between displacement and violence at the local level in the context of a civil war fought … conventionally using fine-grained data from 1,062 municipalities of the region of Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War (1936 …

war. This study seeks to apply such methods - specifically, ordinary differential equations (ODEs) - to model civil war …’s ability to make war falls far enough to make peace truly attractive. I construct several different ODE-based models and then … test them all to see which best predicts the instantaneous capabilities of both sides of the Sri Lankan civil war in the …

, Siad Barri, the following civil conflict and the process of the present total war, everyone against everyone. Socioeconomic …

a central puzzle: why do civil wars occur at all when, given the high costs of war, groups have every incentive to reach … literature has aimed to identify the causes of civil war. While most work is plagued by econometric identification problems, low … linked to civil war. We argue that micro-level analysis and data are needed to truly decipher war’s causes, and understand …