Contributions

  • Coleman, Wilbur John - Contributor
  • London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance - Contributor

Publication

2006 - Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, England

Language

English

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0 words, Guess

Page Count

0 pages

Physical Format

Electronic resource

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100753020289
  • ISBN-139780753020289
  • Library of Congress Control Number2006619960
  • Open LibraryOL31759945M

Classifications

  • LCCHC10

Description

We present a theory of ethnic conflict in which coalitions formed along ethnic lines compete for the economy's resources. The role of ethnicity is to enforce coalition membership: in ethnically homogeneous societies members of the losing coalition can defect to the winners at low cost, and this rules out conflict as an equilibrium outcome. We derive a number of implications of the model relating social, political, and economic indicators such as the incidence of conflict, the distance among ethnic groups, group sizes, income inequality, and expropriable resources.

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Series Statement

  • CEP discussion paper -- no. 732

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