Easterly, William; Gatti, Roberta; Kurlat, Sergio - In: Journal of Economic Growth 11 (2006) 2, pp. 129-156
Using a newly assembled dataset spanning from 1820 to 1998, we study the relationship between the occurrence and magnitude of episodes of mass killing and the levels of development and democracy across countries and over time. Mass killings appear to be more likely at intermediate levels of...
