TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Bakshi, Dripto
AU  - Dasgupta, Indraneel
        TI  - A Model of Dynamic Conflict in Ethnocracies
        PY  - 2015/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 9159
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp9159
        AB  - We model an infinitely repeated Tullock contest, over the sharing of some given resource, between two ethnic groups. The resource is allocated by a composite state institution according to relative ethnic control; hence the ethnic groups contest the extent of institutional ethnic bias. The contest yields the per-period relative influence over institutions, which partly spills over into the next period, by affecting relative conflict efficiency. Our model generates non-monotone evolution of both conflict and distribution. Results suggest that external interventions, when effective in reducing current conflict and protecting weaker groups, may end up sowing the seeds of greater future conflict.
        KW  - ethnocracy
KW  - ethnic conflict
KW  - dynamic contest
KW  - rent-seeking
KW  - inter-temporal productivity carryover
        ER  -