The logic of political violence

Besley, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372 and Persson, Torsten (2011) The logic of political violence. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 126 (3). pp. 1411-1445. ISSN 0033-5533

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Abstract

This article offers a unified approach for studying political violence whether it emerges as repression or civil war. We formulate a model where an incumbent or opposition can use violence to maintain or acquire power to study which political and economic factors drive one-sided or two-sided violence (repression or civil war). The model predicts a hierarchy of violence states from peace via repression to civil war; and suggests a natural empirical approach. Exploiting only within-country variation in the data, we show that violence is associated with shocks that can affect wages and aid. As in the theory, these effects are only present where political institutions are noncohesive.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://qje.oxfordjournals.org/
Additional Information:	© 2011 The Authors
Divisions:	Economics STICERD
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
JEL classification:	N - Economic History > N4 - Government, War, Law, and Regulation > N40 - General, International, or Comparative
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2011 08:18
Last Modified:	19 Nov 2024 21:57
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/38596

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