displaced state authorities and promoted the creation of self-governing institutions that embodied local values and openly … state. Our results suggest that community institutions in guerrilla-controlled areas led to enduring land fragmentation and … disengagement with the government. We argue that when non-state actors develop alternative governance institutions, they can lead to …

role that local institutions play in this context. Chapter 2 analyzes how greenhouse gas emissions of companies in OECD and …

We build a model of conflict in which two groups contest a resource and must decide on the optimal allocation of labor … involved in the conflict by transferring financial resources to its origin country. We find that the diaspora influences the … conflict equilibrium, the two groups of residents prefer to negotiate a peaceful settlement if there exists a sharing rule that …

This paper studies the legacies of wartime institutions, measured as rebelocracy, on the ability of households to cope … heterogeneous impact by the level of rebelocracy. Using a household panel in four conflict regions in Colombia, the estimation …

institutions and governance on environmental policy, environmental outcomes, and investments. The paper describes how the … relationship between institutions and various response variables related to environmental performance and environmental policy have …

-of-origin composition of a county matters. Moreover, the culture, institutions, and human capital that the immigrant groups brought with …