Arbeitspapier

Does inequality lead to conflict?

This paper presents a simple model to show how distributional concerns can engender social conflict. We have a two period model, where the cost of conflict is endogenous in the sense that parties involved have full control over how much conflict they can create. We find that anticipated future inequality plays a crucial role in determining the level of conflict in the current period. The model also provides an explanation for why similar levels of inequality may exhibit drastically different levels of conflict. Further, we argue that the link between inequality and conflict may be non-monotonic. – conflict ; wealth inequality ; Nash bargaining

ISBN
9291907154
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: WIDER Research Paper ; No. 2005/34

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: General‡
Thema
Sozialer Konflikt
Einkommensverteilung
Theorie

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Dutta, Indranil
Mishra, Ajit
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
(wo)
Helsinki
(wann)
2005

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Dutta, Indranil
  • Mishra, Ajit
  • The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Entstanden

  • 2005

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