To date, there is limited understanding about the consequences of wartime dynamics for post-war state … armed groups govern territories and civilians within them-that under certain circumstances may be harnessed in the post-war … the type of statebuilding and political regime trajectories that emerge in the post-war period. …

-stage game with three competing importers, where fi rst, two of the countries decide on whether to initiate war against each …), but could render the eruption of war between member and non-member countries more likely (peace diversion). This paper is … literature to endogenize countries terms of trade. We use data from the Correlates of War project to empirically test these …

We survey selected parts of the growing literature on the microeconomics of violent conflict, identifying where … review on the role of civilian agency in conflict; on wartime institutions; and on the private sector in conflict. Future … research requires new and better sources of data on conflict and conflict impacts, including from household surveys in conflict …

high external conflict in order to avoid internal conflict. This is a model of the diversionary use of force. We also study …In many situations there is a potential for conflict both within and between groups. Examples include wars and civil … wars and distributional conflict in multitiered organizations like federal states or big companies. This paper models such …

Civilians who have fled violent conflict and settled in neighboring countries are integral to processes of civil war … critical phases of conflict termination - a ceasefire and a peace agreement. We test the malleability of refugees' attitudes to …

variables. This study draws on conflict variables from the Correlates of War (COW) project to ask a critical question: How do … different types of conflict affect country growth rates? It finds that wars slow the economy. Estimates indicate that civil war … reduces annual growth by .01 to .13 percentage points, and high-intensity interstate conflict reduces annual growth by .18 to …