relative size and the relative surplus contribution of the minority group, conflict followed by secession can occur. Accepted …

ethnic conflict. A new type of bargaining failure due to multiple types of potential conflicts (and hence multiple threat … empirical analysis, both at the country level and at the ethnic group level, confirms the essential role of geographic …

We establish a theoretical as well as empirical framework to assess the role of resource endowments and their … geographic location for inter-State conflict. The main predictions of the theory are that conflict tends to be more likely when …