We explore how democratic elections in Nepal influenced the onset of the Nepalese Civil War (1996-2006). Specifically, we use an original dataset to systematically examine local-level electoral outcomes and their relationship with the onset of violence against government officials during the...

This paper investigates the long-run influence of the Neolithic Revolution on contemporary cultural norms and institutions as reflected in the dimension of collectivism-individualism. We outline an agricultural origins-model of cultural divergence where we claim that the advent of farming in a...