We investigate the impact of the political representation of minority groups on the incidence of ethnic conflict in … results in a large and significant decline in Hindu-Muslim conflict. The average result is driven by richer states and those … curbing civil conflict. …

conflict and makes the ideologues more successful yet worse off. Our results rationalize "imperial peace" - long periods of … conflict. Both ideologues lose in success probability, but gain in expected utility. Elimination of the mercenary increases … stability and social peace in multi-ethnic empires, and explain why the weakening and breakdown of such empires is often …

partly spills over into the next period, by affecting relative conflict efficiency. Our model generates non …-monotone evolution of both conflict and distribution. Results suggest that external interventions, when effective in reducing current … conflict and protecting weaker groups, may end up sowing the seeds of greater future conflict. …

citizens point to growing ethnic conflicts even in China. This paper addresses primarily five sources of conflict: collective … patterns) and suggests possible measures of conflict prevention and reduction of conflicts. Finally it argues that China may …

We demonstrate that civil conflict erodes self-identification with a nation-state even among non-rebellious ethnic … groups in non-conflict areas. We perform a difference-in-difference estimation using Afrobarometer data. Using the onset of … capacity, we find that residents living closer to the border with the conflict zone experienced a larger decrease in national …