We present a Stackelberg model of conflict, in which contestants have limited endowments to be put in two separate … sectors, thus incorporating salient features of many conflicts. The model is applied to the case of conflict over natural … between conflict intensity and resource rents is non-monotonous, and that the economy's income growth rate may be negatively …

Social conflict and slow growth are features of many developing economies. This paper considers the role institutions … of property rights and conflict management can play in both achieving prosperity and mitigating conflict in these … economies. We study how introducing conflict over economic distribution into an otherwise standard model of growth can shape …

distribution of culturally diverse groups affects the outcome. To understand why ethnic diversity affects conflict and economic …

The impact of conflict on taxation and development has long been debated. Most studies suggest that conflict will have … existing literature, we argue for an approach that recognizes conflict's nuanced effects on taxation. We show how violence can …

Growth rates of per capita GDP are depressed by civil conflict to a degree that reflects its severity. Only the more … least one year - have a significant negative growth effect. Post-conflict recovery of output is enhanced by aid flows but … this finding may be subject to endogeneity bias. -- Aid ; conflict ; growth …

on 1,511 projects to 50 African countries. We use this database to extend previous research on aid and conflict, which … withdrawals of "traditional" aid no longer induce conflict in the presence of sufficient alternative funding from China. Our … better understand the link between aid and conflict. …