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. …

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. …

The energy transition increases the demand for minerals from ethnically diverse, conflict-prone developing countries …. We study whether and where mining is possible in such countries without raising the risk of civil conflict. We proceed in … three steps: First, we propose a theoretical model to predict the occurrence and location of conflict events on the …

I show that contemporary civil conflict has detrimental effects on social capital in Africa. Using individual …-level survey data on ethnic identity and group-level data on civil conflict, I find that ethnic identity is positively correlated … with the incidence and the intensity of civil conflict, both of which are measured by the number of conflict fatalities …

our data. We integrate conflict data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) with spatially … disaggregated microdata to analyze how AOGLs influence conflict incidence across regions of Nigeria. Our findings indicate limited … laws have led to a slight increase in overall conflict within the states implementing them, arguably due to increased …

Despite great falls in global poverty, civil and ethnic conflict remains tragically common. In this chapter, I examine … the patterns of persistence and change in conflict around the world through the lens of historical political economy. I … compare two important approaches for measuring the impact of contemporary ethnic differences on conflict: ethno …

We model simultaneous inter and within identity-group conflict in two territories connected by cross-territorial spill … higher efficiency of a group in inter-group conflict. We find that inter-group and total conflict move together within a … territory, while within-group conflict and output move in the opposite direction. A unilateral increase in cross-border spill …

, for distribution, ethnic conflict and crime. We develop a two-community model where such assimilation generates social … gains by: (a) facilitating economic interaction, and (b) dampening religious or racial conflict over symbolic and normative …

This paper develops a model of random matching with costly monitoring to demonstrate that the threat of ethnic conflict … ethnic conflict as a form of collective penalty on an unidentified wrongdoer and his ethnic brethren (Fearon and Laitin 1996 …), we argue that ethnic conflict is triggered by a wrongdoing because avengers seek to take advantage of in-group networks …

Does ethnic structure affect the occurrence of civil conflict and, if so, how? This study develops an agent-based model … inequality and crosscuttingness. Specifically, I simulate conflict as a function of spontaneous economic disparities between … effect of (bidimensional) ethnic structure on conflict, which has been largely dismissed in recent scholarship. By varying …