Development outcomes come in 'clusters' that seem difficult to exit. Using original data from Colombia, we present …

Many states in Latin America, Africa and Asia lack the monopoly of violence, identified by Max Weber as the foundation … establishment of the monopoly of violence and the formation of the state. We build a model to explain the incentive of central … predictions of our model using data from Colombia between 1991 and 2006. We first present regression and case study evidence …

Many states in Latin America, Africa and Asia lack the monopoly of violence, identified by Max Weber as the foundation … establishment of the monopoly of violence and the formation of the state. We build a model to explain the incentive of central … predictions of our model using data from Colombia between 1991 and 2006. We first present regression and case study evidence …

Many states in Latin America, Africa and Asia lack the monopoly of violence, identified by Max Weber as the foundation … establishment of the monopoly of violence and the formation of the state. We build a model to explain the incentive of central … predictions of our model using data from Colombia between 1991 and 2006. We first present regression and case study evidence …