high levels of polarization; (2) the relationship between conflict onset and the range over which we calculate variable …This article examines how the relationship between ethnic polarization and civil war could be moderated by different … degrees of ethnic salience. Using an agent-based computational model, we analyze the polarization—conflict relationship when …

This article builds a microfounded model of cultural conflict. In this model, intrinsically motivated cultural leaders …

Ethnicity is frequently posited as an important factor in civil violence and other political contexts. Despite the … attention that ethnicity receives, its effects depend on an important, but mostly ignored, assumption that ethnicity is … identify ethnicity correctly in many conditions. Individuals with a stronger identity, however, are often better at correctly …

While theoretical models of conflict often treat actors as unitary, most self-determination groups are fragmented into … find that competition between co-ethnic factions is a key determinant of their conflict behavior. More competing factions …

This paper studies the joint effect of fractionalization and inequality on the size of government. Within a political … fractionalization and group antagonism reduce the support for redistribution. Whereas within group inequality increases support for …

election increases with the size of a group, so does the probability of winning an armed conflict. Thus, in a situation in …, a political conflict in Colombia during the years 1946—1950 between the Liberal and Conservative parties. Consistent …

decrease the likelihood of conflict. They also find that ethnic dominance is significant, while social fractionalization is not …The Middle East is one of the most conflict-prone regions—butwhy? The Collier-Hoeffler model of civil war provides … significant predictor of conflict. For conflict in the Middle East, a more complex picture emerges. Consistent with Collier and …