open civil conflict against the government. Our model implies that terrorism emerges if constraints on the ruling executive … group are intermediate and rents are sizeable, hereas conflict looms under poor executive constraints. Analyzing annual data … when considering the incidence and onset of terrorism and conflict. The corresponding magnitudes are economically sizeable …

Are natural resources a source of conflict or stability? Empirical studies demonstrate that rents from natural … source of conflict and the rentier state view which emphasizes the role of resource rents in promoting peace and stability … activate more interest groups in a power struggle. We demonstrate that the associated increased cost of conflict may in fact …

We study the role of inter-group differences in the emergence of conflict. In our setting, two groups compete for the …, that the opposition can either accept, or reject and wage conflict. Expropriating a large share of resources increases … of conflict. In equilibrium, allocations are non-monotonic in the cost of mobility. Moreover, limited commitment with …

nations, as in a strategic game of international conflict handing over military spending decisions to citizens who face a …

, impact on distribution via the joint determination of class conflict between workers and employers, and 'ethnic' conflict …

, impact on distribution via the joint determination of class conflict between workers and employers, and ‘ethnic’ conflict … alone, appears insufficient to temper ethnic conflicts among workers. -- Class conflict ; Ethnic conflict ; Living wage …

the enforcer in conflict increases the group probability of winning only if the prize valuation of the enforcer is lower … which have been shown to form together with conflict and inequality endogenously; otherwise, this occurs with non corrupt …

groups-to electoral competition between groups. Our empirical analysis of a large cross-section of German municipalities …