each of these factors was likely due to three pre-existing patterns associated with ethnicity. First, when political power …

While some of the intrastate war literature calls for the disaggregation of civil conflict, most of those studies focus … on the geography of civil conflict failing to take into account the various actors involved in such conflicts. This study … addresses the multi-actor nature of civil conflict by examining whether 'actor aggregation' affects the inferences drawn from …

(more than 1,000 battle-related deaths) in 2009, up by one from 2008. No interstate conflict was recorded, but seven … intrastate conflicts were internationalized, in the sense that one or both of the conflict parties received troops support from … for 2008 were not active in 2009, but during the year, one entirely new conflict erupted in Myanmar (Kokang), two were …

This article studies the effects of conflict onset on asset markets applying the event study methodology. The authors … to conflict onset. When the authors distinguish between internal and inter-state conflicts, they find that the fraction …. Finally, the article reports evidence that abnormal returns would have accrued to investors systematically exploiting conflict …

documented. Conflict-related deaths are significantly higher in poorer districts and in geographical locations that favor … conflict-related deaths. This result is similar to that documented in cross-country studies. In addition, the relationship with … is an important factor in starting conflict. On the other hand, geographic factors are not significantly associated with …

The authors analyse newly collected time-series data measuring the dimensions of violent political conflict in Egypt … different dimensions of the conflict. The authors find that the combination of political repression and military counter … other hand, the overall level of conflict intensity in Egypt can be mitigated by food subsidies. Finally, the existence of …

Why is armed civil conflict more common in resource-dependent countries than in others? Several studies have attempted … to unravel mechanisms on why natural resources are linked to armed conflict, but no coherent picture has yet emerged … conflict. It uses data on gemstone and hydrocarbon localities throughout the world and controls for the spatial and temporal …

This article examines the relationship between economic openness and internal conflict. The article first discusses … different theoretical perspectives on how openness affects a country's internal stability and how internal conflict affects … openness. Next, empirical estimates of the relationship between conflict and openness are presented, where conflict is measured …

depicts the functioning of the socio-psychological barriers to conflict resolution, an empirical study was conducted among a … nationwide representative sample of Jews in Israel, within the context of the Middle Eastern conflict. The reported study … readiness to compromise through the mediation of the conflict-related societal beliefs (e.g. victimhood, delegitimization …