Arbeitspapier
Identity Conflict with Cross-Border Spillovers
We model simultaneous inter and within identity-group conflict in two territories connected by cross-territorial spill-overs. Within each territory, two groups contest the division of a group-specific public good, and all members contest the division of group income. Each group has a cross-border affiliate. Greater success (share) of its affiliate 'spills over' into higher efficiency of a group in inter-group conflict. We find that inter-group and total conflict move together within a territory, while within-group conflict and output move in the opposite direction. A unilateral increase in cross-border spill-over reduces inter-group conflict in the source territory but increases it in the destination; an equi-proportionate bilateral increase affects conflict in a non-monotone manner. Population increase in a territory, a larger minority, weaker property rights, higher relative labour productivity of the majority, may all increase inter-group conflict in the other territory. Community-neutral growth in labour productivity within a territory reduces inter-group conflict therein.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 9731
Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
Economic Development: General
Development Planning and Policy: General
identity
simultaneous between and within group contest
cross-border spillover
globalization
ethnic polarization
community-biased growth
Dasgupta, Indraneel
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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12.07.2024, 13:24 MESZ
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Bakshi, Dripto
- Dasgupta, Indraneel
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2016