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| Title: | | Mobility and conflict  |
| Authors: | | Bhattacharya, Sourav Deb, Joyee Kundu, Tapas |
| Issue Date: | | 2012 |
| Series/Report no.: | | CESifo working paper: Public Choice 3699 |
| Abstract: | | We study the role of inter-group differences in the emergence of conflict. In our setting, two groups compete for the right to allocate societys resources, and we allow for costly intergroup mobility. The winning group offers an allocation, that the opposition can either accept, or reject and wage conflict. Expropriating a large share of resources increases political strength by attracting opposition members, but such economic exclusion implies lower per capita shares and higher risk of conflict. In equilibrium, allocations are non-monotonic in the cost of mobility. Moreover, limited commitment with respect to mobility gives rise to inefficient conflict in equilibrium. |
| Subjects: | | conflict inter-group mobility political competition resource allocation |
| JEL: | | D72 D74 D78 P48 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | CESifo Working Papers, CESifo Group Munich
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