This paper reviews current practices and common challenges in the measurement of the
causes, functioning, and consequences of violent conflict at the micro-level. We review …

We investigate the relationship between violence and economic risk preferences in
Afghanistan combining:(i) a two-part experimental procedure identifying risk preferences …

We investigate whether individuals' risk preferences change after experiencing a natural
disaster, specifically, the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Exploiting the panels of …

We study effects of wartime violence on social cohesion in the context of Nepal's 10‐year
civil war. We begin with the observation that violence increased levels of collective action …

The history of political events is made by people. It doesn't exist without us. From wars to
elections to political protests, the choices we make, our actions, how we behave, dictate …

We study the effect of individual exposure to civil conflict on trust and preferences for market
participation. We conducted behavioral experiments and surveys among 426 randomly …

This article explores the impact of war-related traumatic experiences on political identities
and political behavior by exploring different pieces of empirical evidence from the Spanish …

Policy-makers and the electorate assume political executives' life experiences affect their
policy choices once in office. Recent international relations work on leaders focuses almost …

This paper examines the effect of conflict on agricultural production of small farmers. First, an
inter-temporal model of agricultural production is developed in which the impact of conflict is …

Economists have traditionally treated preferences as exogenously given. Preferences are
assumed to be influenced by neither beliefs nor the constraints people face. As a …