household level data from the Northern Uganda Livelihood Survey of 2007 with a disaggregated conflict exposure index based on …

We analyse the effect of mass violent conflict on individual expectations in Northern Uganda. We find that the …

powers. We argue that the impact of war was crucial for state building, and depended on: i) the importance of financial … the "Military Revolution", which raised the cost of war. Initially, this caused more cohesive states to invest in state … the cost of war escalates further, all remaining states engaged in a race to the top, resulting in greater state building. …

states and growing divergence between European powers. In our model, the impact of war on the European state system depends … on: i) the importance of money for determining the war outcome (which stands for the cost of war), and ii) a country … of war. Initially, this caused more internally cohesive states to invest more in state capacity, while other (more …

from war to peace. The success of this first step following the signing of a peace accord signals the end to organized … conflict and thereby provides the security necessary for people affected by war to reinvest in their lives and in their country …

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 microlevel analysis and data are needed to truly decipher war's causes, and understand the …

end an ethnic war. The objective of this exercise is to draw attention to conditions necessary to sustain ethnic peace …