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Religion, Division of Labor, and Conflict: Anti-Semitism in Germany over 600 Years
The American Economic Review, 2019 We study the role of economic incentives in shaping the coexistence of Jews, Catholics, and Protestants, using novel data from Germany for 1,000+ cities.
Sascha O. Becker, L. Pascali
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War of the Waves: Radio and Resistance during World War II
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2020 We analyze the role of the media in coordinating and mobilizing insurgency against an authoritarian regime, in the context of the Nazi-fascist occupation of Italy during WWII. We study the effect of BBC radio on the intensity of internal resistance.
Stefano Gagliarducci +6 more
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The Perils of High-Powered Incentives: Evidence from Colombia’s False Positives
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2020 We investigate the use of high-powered incentives for the Colombian military and show that this practice produced perverse side effects. Innocent civilians were killed and misrepresented as guerillas (a phenomenon known in Colombia as “false positives”).
D. Acemoglu +4 more
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Business Research QuarterlyMany firms may successfully navigate an organizational crisis, but may find themselves entangled in another soon after. Building on a resource-dependence perspective, this study evaluates how certain investor characteristics foster organizational ...
Elena Mellado-Garcia +2 more
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Identity Conflict, Ethnocentrism and Social Cohesion
Social Science Research NetworkThis paper uses a novel dataset on ethnic warfare to shed light on how conflict affects social identification and cohesion. A large body of anecdotal studies suggests that ethnic identities become more salient at times of conflict.
M. Sestito
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The Logic of Insurgent Electoral Violence
The American Economic Review, 2018 Competitive elections are essential to establishing the political legitimacy of democratizing regimes. We argue that insurgents undermine the state’s mandate through electoral violence.
Luke N. Condra +3 more
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Cash and Conflict: Large-Scale Experimental Evidence from Niger
American Economic Review: InsightsConflict undermines development, while adverse economic shocks, in turn, can increase conflict risk. Policy interventions such as cash transfers could attenuate conflict risk by raising poor households’ opportunity costs. However, cash transfers may also
Patrick Premand, Dominic Rohner
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Does Information Break the Political Resource Curse? Experimental Evidence from Mozambique
The American Economic Review, 2019 Natural resources can have a negative impact on the economy through corruption and civil conflict. This paper tests whether information can counteract this political resource curse.
A. Armand +3 more
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The Violent Legacy of Conflict: Evidence on Asylum Seekers, Crime, and Public Policy in Switzerland
The American Economic Review, 2019 We study empirically how past exposure to conflict in origin countries makes migrants more violence-prone in their host country, focusing on asylum seekers in Switzerland. We exploit a novel and unique dataset on all crimes reported in Switzerland by the
M. Couttenier +3 more
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Violent conflict and behavior: A field experiment in Burundi
, 2012 M. Voors +5 more
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