group is dominant. We provide a test of a key aspect of our model using data from La Violencia, a political conflict in …

wisdom that doves are more likely to secure peace, but post-conflict there are good reasons for hawks to be rationally … idea of a competition over which group can form the strongest identity, so can apply to group choices which do not impinge … upon bargaining power. As in the bargaining rationale, dove selection can be predicted during conflict, but hawk selection …

Two phenomena have been recently utilised to explain conflict onset among rational choice analysts: greed and grievance …. The former reflects elite competition over valuable natural resource rents. The latter argues that relative deprivation … and the grievance it produces fuels conflict. Central to grievance are concepts of inter-ethnic or horizontal inequality …

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 …

becomes more serious, the players devote fewer resources to the intra-group conflict. Moreover, there is also a â …

In many situations there is a potential for conflict both within and between groups. Examples include wars and civil … wars and distributional conflict in multitiered organizations like federal states or big companies. This paper models such … situations with a logistic technology of conflict. If individuals decide simultaneously and independently about the amount of …

Lack of growth limits poverty reduction while poverty increases conflict risk. Institutional failure and other factors … seem to cause both growth failure and civil war. The greed explanation for conflict is common in cross-country econometric … conflict onset works through other mechanisms, such as a weakening social contract and withering state capacity. The grievance …

such as race, gender, or ethnicity is much less acceptable. Why? I develop a simple model of conflict which is driven by …