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Rationality as a barrier to peace: Micro-evidence from Kosovo

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Sumon K. Bhaumik () (Brunel University)
Ira N. Gang () (Rutgers University)
Myeong-Su Yun () (Tulane University)

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Abstract

Despite a significant expansion of the literature on conflicts and fragility of states, only a few systematic attempts have been made to link the theoretical literature on social conflicts to the available micro-level information about the people who are involved in these conflicts. We address this lacuna in the literature using a household-level data set from Kosovo. Our analysis suggests that it is individually rational for competing ethnic communities, Kosovo Albanians and Kosovo Serbs, to resist a quick agreement on a social contract to share the region’s resources.

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Paper provided by Rutgers University, Department of Economics in its series Departmental Working Papers with number 200710.

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Keywords: conflict; individual rationality; economic deprivation; Balkans; Kosovo;

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J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities and Races; Non-labor Discrimination
O12 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty

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