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Investing in Conflict Management

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  • GARANCE GENICOT

    (Department of Economics University of California, Irvine)

  • STERGIOS SKAPERDAS

    (Department of Economics University of California, Irvine)

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Achieving peace and building the institutions that will make it last require much time and effort on the part of adversaries. While making this effort, the likelihood of peace is uncertain, and preparations for conflict are ongoing. Using a model that takes such considerations into account, adversaries divide their resources between “guns,†“butter,†and investments in conflict management. Even when all adversaries undertake sizable investments in conflict management, peace is uncertain. Results show that larger initial wealth increases the likelihood of peace, whereas the number of adversaries can have widely different effects. A larger number of adversaries in cases of international conflict tends to increase the likelihood of peace but has the opposite effect in cases of domestic conflict.

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  • Garance Genicot & Stergios Skaperdas, 2002. "Investing in Conflict Management," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 46(1), pages 154-170, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jocore:v:46:y:2002:i:1:p:154-170
    DOI: 10.1177/0022002702046001009
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