Working papers:
Strategic Mass Killings
Joan Esteban; Massimo Morelli; Dominic Rohner
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- Title:
- Strategic Mass Killings
- Author(s):
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Esteban, Joan
Morelli, Massimo
Rohner, Dominic - Date:
- 2012
- Type:
- Working papers
- Department:
- Economics
- Permanent URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:15205
- Series:
- Department of Economics Discussion Papers
- Part Number:
- 1213-03
- Publisher:
- Department of Economics, Columbia University
- Publisher Location:
- New York
- Abstract:
- We provide a model of conflict and mass killing decisions, to identify the key variables and situations that make mass killings more likely to occur. We predict that mass killings are most likely in countries with large amounts of natural resources, institutional constraints regarding rent sharing, and low productivity of labor in other sectors. The role of resources like oil, gas and diamonds and other key determinants of mass killings is confirmed by our empirical results based on country level as well as ethnic group level analysis.
- Subject(s):
- Political science
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