IZA Discussion Papers

revised version published as 'Social Unrest in Impressionable Years and the Formation of Political Attitudes: Evidence from Jewish Expulsions in Nazi Germany' in Economic Inquiry, 2020, 58 (1), 184-208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10708

Terrorism and the Media: The Effect of US Television Coverage on Al-Qaeda Attacks

Michael Jetter

published as 'The inadvertent consequences of al-Qaeda news coverage' in: European Economic Review, 2019, 119, 391-410

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10475

Winter is Coming: The Long-Run Effects of Climate Change on Conflict, 1400-1900

Murat Iyigun, Nathan Nunn, Nancy Qian

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10417

Minority Salience and Political Extremism

Tommaso Colussi, Ingo E. Isphording, Nico Pestel

revised version forthcoming in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10390

Economics of Civil Conflict: Evidence from the Punjab Insurgency

Prakarsh Singh

forthcoming in: the Journal of Punjab Studies

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10385

Inter-ethnic Fertility Spillovers and the Role of Forward-looking Behavior: Evidence from Peninsular Malaysia

Emily A. Beam, Slesh Shrestha

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10331

What's in a Name in a War

Štepán Jurajda, Dejan Kovač

Journal of Population Economics 2021, 34(1), 1-33

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10274

Diasporas and Conflict

Fabio Mariani, Marion Mercier, Thierry Verdier

published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2018, 18(4), 761 -793

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10168

The Impact of Fundamentalist Terrorism on School Enrolment: Evidence from North-Western Pakistan, 2004-09

Sarah Khan, Andrew Seltzer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9997

Can War Foster Cooperation?

Michal Bauer, Christopher J. Blattman, Julie Chytilová, Joseph Henrich, Edward Miguel, Tamar Mitts

published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2016, 30(3), 249-74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9996

Peace, Terrorism, or Civil Conflict? Understanding the Decision of an Opposition Group

Michael Jetter

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9870

The Impact of Violence on Individual Risk Preferences: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Pamela Jakiela, Owen Ozier

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9762

The Formation of Networks in the Diaspora

Gil S. Epstein, Odelia Heizler (Cohen)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9743

Business in Genocide: Understanding and Avoiding Complicity

Nora Stel, Wim Naudé

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9731

Identity Conflict with Cross-Border Spillovers

Dripto Bakshi, Indraneel Dasgupta

published in: Defence and Peace Economics, 2020, 31 (7), 786-809

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9701

Bread and Bullets

George A. Akerlof, Dennis J. Snower

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9526

Terrorism and Employment: Evidence from Successful and Failed Terror Attacks

Abel Brodeur

published as 'The Effect of Terrorism on Employment and Consumer Sentiment: Evidence from Successful and Failed Terror Attacks' in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018, 10 (4), 246-82

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9522

Religious Riots and Electoral Politics in India

Sriya Iyer, Anand Shrivastava

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9384

Equality Concerns and the Limits of Self-Governance in Heterogeneous Populations

Lata Gangadharan, Nikos Nikiforakis, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published as 'Equality concerns and the limits of self-governance in heterogeneous populations' in: European Economic Review, 2017, 100, 143-156

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9336

An Experimental Study of Voting with Costly Delay

Maksymilian Kwiek, Helia Marreiros, Michael Vlassopoulos

published in: Economics Letters, 2016, 140, 23-26.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9159

A Model of Dynamic Conflict in Ethnocracies

Dripto Bakshi, Indraneel Dasgupta

published in: Defence and Peace Economics, 2018, 29 (2), 147-170

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8953

Communication and Coordination in a Two-Stage Game

Tjaša Bjedov, Thierry Madies, Marie Claire Villeval

Revised version published in: Economic Inquiry, 2016, 54 (3), 1519–1540.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8585

Turf Wars

Helios Herrera, Ernesto Reuben, Michael M. Ting

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 152, 143-153

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8451

Money Can't Buy Love But Can It Buy Peace? Evidence from the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation

Tilman Brück, Neil T.N. Ferguson

forthcoming in: Conflict Management and Peace Science

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8287

The Effect of Conflict History on Cooperation Within and Between Groups: Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment

Gonne Beekman, Stephen L. Cheung, Ian Levely

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2017, 63, 168-183

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8107

Trusting Former Rebels: An Experimental Approach to Understanding Reintegration after Civil War

Michal Bauer, Nathan Fiala, Ian Levely

revised version published in: Economic Journal, 2018, 128, 1786-1819.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8052

UN Interventions: The Role of Geography

Juan Carlos Duque, Michael Jetter, Santiago Sosa

revised version published in: Review of International Organizations, 2015, 10(1), 67-95

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7924

Assimilation, Criminality and Ethnic Conflict

Indraneel Dasgupta, Diganta Mukherjee

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7492

On the Escalation and De-Escalation of Conflict

Juan A. Lacomba, Francisco Lagos, Ernesto Reuben, Frans van Winden

published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2014, 86, 40-57

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7469

Election Fraud and Post-Election Conflict: Evidence from the Philippines

Benjamin Crost, Joseph Felter, Hani Mansour, Daniel I. Rees

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7031

The Efficacy and Efforts of Interest Groups in Post Elections Policy Formation

Gil S. Epstein, Yosef Mealem, Shmuel Nitzan

published in: Economics of Governance, 2013, 14(1), 77-105

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6827

A Discrete Choice Approach to Estimating Armed Conflicts' Casualties: Revisiting the Numbers of a 'Truth Commission'

Silvio Rendon

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6596

On the Heterogeneity of Terror

Krisztina Kis-Katos, Helge Liebert, Günther G. Schulze

published in: European Economic Review, 2014, 68, 116-136

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6262

Are Drone Strikes Effective in Afghanistan and Pakistan? On the Dynamics of Violence between the United States and the Taliban

David A. Jaeger, Zahra Siddique

revised version published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2018, 64(4), 667-697

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6209

War and Women's Work: Evidence from the Conflict in Nepal

Nidhiya Menon, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5614

Disease Environment and Civil Conflicts

Matteo Cervellati, Uwe Sunde, Simona Valmori

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5592

Emotions, Sanctions and Cooperation

Mateus Joffily, David Masclet, Charles N. Noussair, Marie Claire Villeval

published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2014, 80(4), 1002-1027.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5142

Ethnic Fragmentation, Conflict, Displaced Persons and Human Trafficking: An Empirical Analysis

Randall K. Q. Akee, Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Melanie Khamis

published in: Gil S. Epstein and Ira N. Gang (eds.), Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 8, Emerald Publishing: 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5067

Identifying Conflict and Violence in Micro-Level Surveys

Tilman Brück, Patricia Justino, Philip Verwimp, Alexandra Avdeenko

A revised version of this paper is published in World Bank Research Observer, 2015, 31(1), 29-58.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5051

Interactions between Local and Migrant Workers at the Workplace

Gil S. Epstein, Yosef Mealem

published in: Gil S. Epstein and Ira N. Gang (eds.), Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 8, Emerald Publishing, Bingley, 2010, 193-203

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4259

Government Decentralization as a Disincentive for Transnational Terror? An Empirical Analysis

Axel Dreher, Justina A.V. Fischer

published in: International Economic Review, 2010, 51 (4), 981 - 1002

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4128

Gender Interactions within Hierarchies: Evidence from the Political Arena

Stefano Gagliarducci, M. Daniele Paserman

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2012, 79 (3), 1021-1052

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4116

Cultures, Clashes and Peace

Erin K. Fletcher, Murat Iyigun

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4107

Revisiting Strategic versus Non-Strategic Cooperation

Ernesto Reuben, Sigrid Suetens

published in: Experimental Economics, 2012, 15 (1), 24-43

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3988

Why Praise Inequality? Public Good Provision, Income Distribution and Social Welfare

Indraneel Dasgupta

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3828

The Effect of Community-Level Socio-Economic Conditions on Threatening Racial Encounters

Heather Antecol, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark

published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2010, 40 (6), 517-529

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3631

‘Living’ Wage, Class Conflict and Ethnic Strife

Indraneel Dasgupta

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2009, 72 (2), 750-765

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3591

Ethnicity, Assimilation and Harassment in the Labor Market

Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 29, 2009, 67-88

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3556

Lessons from the Ottoman Harem (On Ethnicity, Religion and War)

Murat Iyigun

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2013, 61 (4), 693-730

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3439

The Struggle for Palestinian Hearts and Minds: Violence and Public Opinion in the Second Intifada

David A. Jaeger, Esteban F. Klor, Sami H. Miaari, M. Daniele Paserman

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96 (3-4), 354-368

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3317

Should Egalitarians Expropriate Philanthropists?

Indraneel Dasgupta, Ravi Kanbur

published as "Does Philanthropy Reduce Inequality?" in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2011, 9 (1), 1-21

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3116

Monotheism (From a Sociopolitical and Economic Perspective)

Murat Iyigun

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2890

The Shape of Things to Come? Assessing the Effectiveness of Suicide Attacks and Targeted Killings

David A. Jaeger, M. Daniele Paserman

published in: Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 2009, 4(4), 315–342

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2812

Hooliganism and Police Tactics: Should Tear Gas Make Crime Preventers Cry?

Panu Poutvaara, Mikael Priks

published in: Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2009, 11 (3), 441-453

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2710

Unemployment and Gang Crime: Could Prosperity Backfire?

Panu Poutvaara, Mikael Priks

published as 'Unemployment and gang crime: can prosperity backfire?' in: Economics of Governance, 2011, 12 (3), 259 - 273

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2170

Trade, Peace and Democracy: An Analysis of Dyadic Dispute

Solomon Polachek, Carlos Seiglie

published in: T. Sandler and K. Hardley (eds.), Handbook of Defense Economics Vol. 2, Elsevier 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1973

Ottoman Conquests and European Ecclesiastical Pluralism

Murat Iyigun

published as "Luther & Suleyman" in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123 (4), 1465-1494.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1923

Israel, the Palestinian Factions, and the Cycle of Violence

David A. Jaeger, M. Daniele Paserman

published in: American Economic Review, 2006, 96 (2), 45-49

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1844

Tournaments and Multiple Productive Inputs: The Case of Performance Enhancing Drugs

Kai A. Konrad

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1808

The Cycle of Violence? An Empirical Analysis of Fatalities in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

David A. Jaeger, M. Daniele Paserman

published in: American Economic Review, 2008, 98 (4), 1591-1604

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1797

A Constitutional Theory of the Family

Alessandro Cigno

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2006, 19 (2), 259-289

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1543

The Interaction of Tax Exemptions and Individual Tax Reform Preferences

Salvatore Barbaro, Jens Suedekum

substantially revised version published as 'Voting on income tax exemptions' in: Public Choice, 2009, 138 (1-2), 239-253

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1237

Who Is the Enemy?

Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

published in: Defense and Peace Economics, 2007, 18 (6), 469–484

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1232

Ethnic Networks and International Trade

Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

published in: Foders, Federico and Langhammer, Rolf J. (eds), Labor Mobility and the World Economy. Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg 2006, 85-103

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1227

Understanding the Development of Fundamentalism

Ira N. Gang, Gil S. Epstein

published in: Public Choice, 2007, 132 (3-4), 257-271

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