We study the effect of civil conflict on social capital, focusing on the experience of Uganda during the last decade … ethnic violence depend on the ethnic fractionalization. Fighting has a negative effect on the economic situation in highly …

We construct a dynamic theory of civil conflict hinging on inter-ethnic trust and trade. The model economy is … beliefs on the average propensity to trade of the other group. Since conflict disrupts trade, the onset of a conflict signals … after each conflict episode. Third, "accidental" conflicts that do not reflect economic fundamentals can lead to a permanent …

We construct a dynamic theory of civil conflict hinging on inter-ethnic trust and trade. The model economy is … beliefs on the average propensity to trade of the other group. Since conflict disrupts trade, the onset of a conflict signals … after each conflict episode. Third, "accidental" conflicts that do not reflect economic fundamentals can lead to a permanent …

We study the effect of civil conflict on social capital, focusing on the experience of Uganda during the last decade … on the ethnic fractionalization. Fighting has a negative effect on the economic situation in highly fractionalized …

We study the effect of civil conflict on social capital, focusing on the experience of Uganda during the last decade … ethnic violence depend on the ethnic fractionalization. Fighting has a negative e¤ect on the economic situation in highly …

mining activity on the probability/intensity of conflict at the local level. This is both true for low-level violence (riots … conflict. We also find that secessionist insurgencies are more likely in mining areas, which is in line with recent theories of … secessionist conflict. …

beliefs on the average propensity to trade of the other group. Since conict disrupts trade, the onset of a conflict signals … each conflict episode. Third, "accidental" conflicts that do not reect economic fundamentals can lead to a permanent … breakdown of trust, plunging a society into a vicious cycle of recurrent conflicts (a war trap). The incidence of conflict can …

mining activity on the probability/intensity of conflict at the local level. This is both true for low-level violence (riots … conflict. We also find that seccessionist insurgencies are more likely in mining areas, which is in line with recent theories … of secessionist conflict. …