This article draws on a comparative case study design to refine formal-quantitative models of
civil war, expanding them to highlight political processes that lead to civil war. It uses 21 …

This chapter presents an economic perspective on the causes of civil war, based on
empirical patterns globally over the period 1965-99. During this period, the risk of civil war …

The previous chapters have offered rich historical narratives of civil war onset and
avoidance, explaining the organization of rebellion and analyzing the dynamics of violence …

Most nations have experienced an internal armed conflict since 1960. Yet while civil war is
central to many nations' development, it has stood at the periphery of economics research …

The political economy of violent conflict is a body of literature that investigates how
economic issues and interests shape the dynamics associated to violent conflict after the …

Civil wars are intricate social, political and psychological phenomena. However, economics
can offer analytical insights which are useful alongside the more conventional approach of …

The majority of the world's nations have experienced an internal armed conflict since 1960,
wreaking untold destruction to life and property. The past decade has witnessed an …

This article offers a unified approach for studying political violence whether it emerges as
repression or civil war. We formulate a model where an incumbent or opposition can use …

We argue that the academic literature, both qualitative and quantitative, has mislabeled most
episodes of large-scale violence in Africa as civil wars; these episodes better fit our concept …

Civil wars and conflict can be understood from an economic point of view only if there is
incomplete contracting. I examine such settings and first discuss sources of incomplete …