How do we understand illicit violence? Can we prevent it? Building on behavioral science and economics, this book …, creates more transnational opportunities for deception, coercion, and violence. If the economist's perspective helps to … explain violence, then it must also facilitate insights into promoting peace and security. If we can approach violence as …

How do we understand illicit violence? Can we prevent it? Building on behavioral science and economics, this book …, creates more transnational opportunities for deception, coercion, and violence. If the economist's perspective helps to … explain violence, then it must also facilitate insights into promoting peace and security. If we can approach violence as …

Electoral fraud has become an integral part of electoral competition both in established democracies and less …-than-democratic regimes. In this paper I study electoral fraud in the non-democratic setting. First, I present evidence of fraud … theoretical model that explains the observed tendency of growing fraud. Specifically, in a probabilistic voting model of electoral …

incompatibilities, several forms of non-state religious violence) and ambivalence (inter-religious networks, religious peace initiatives …) of religion vis-à-vis violence. In 22 of the 48 sub-Saharan countries, religion plays a substantial role in violence, and … different religious aspects of violence. …

violence against civilians, but over time there was a decrease. We also find that COVID-19 had an early demobilising effect vis …-à-vis protest and mob violence, a consequence of lockdowns and mobility restrictions. Yet, protest has quickly returned to pre …

This paper examines the impact of gender based violence against women and girls (GBV), in the environment the children … partner violence, early marriage, and female genital mutilations - negatively affect the schooling of boys and girls …