measure of ethnic diversity in accounting for the incidence of secession. I also find a relatively straightforward set of …

The secession of the Sudan into two parts, Northern and Southern countries and the following armed conflicts on its … impediments that shall they face, e.g., return to war, underdeveloped region, lack of education, health and living facilities. In … Sudan people selected secession rather than living under the yoke of a merciless regime that does not recognize agreements …

This paper analyzes whether the propensity to secede by subnational regions responds mostly to differences in income …'s willingness to finance a public good depends on their income and identity. Using high-resolution economic and linguistic data for … to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Counterfactual analysis strongly suggests that identity trumps income in …

show that the distribution of resources is a major driving factor of ethnic income inequality and, thus, induces rent …