Montalvo, José Garcia; Reynal-Querol, Marta - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2004
This paper analyzes the relationship between ethnic fractionalization, polarization, and conflict. In recent years many … explain this nexus is the effect of ethnic heterogeneity on rent-seeking activities and the increase in potential conflict … channel is not through an increase in potential ethnic conflict. We discuss the appropriateness of indices of polarization to …