Aggressive elites and vulnerable entrepreneurs - trust and cooperation in the shadow of conflict
We explore the implications of having a divided society where group leaders have motives for aggression towards other groups but where entrepreneurs have a desire for cooperation and peace. We assert that it is members of the elites who start conflicts and wage wars while the entrepreneurs undertake the type of economic activities that they find most profitable given the circumstances. We derive implications for peace and conflict. We find conflict induced poverty traps with self-fulfilling expectations about conflict and we derive implications for peace building strategies.
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| Length: | 37 pages |
| Date of creation: | 03 Jan 2011 |
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| Handle: | RePEc:hhs:osloec:2010_016 |
| Contact details of provider: | Postal: Department of Economics, University of Oslo, P.O Box 1095 Blindern, N-0317 Oslo, Norway Phone: 22 85 51 27 Fax: 22 85 50 35 Web page: http://www.oekonomi.uio.no/indexe.html Email: More information through EDIRC
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