@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp16340,
            	author={Mercier, Marion and Silve, Arthur and Tremblay-Auger, Benjamin},
            	title={Building Reputation: Proxy Wars and Transnational Identities},
            	year={2023},
	month={Jul},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={16340},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16340},
	abstract={In the context of a global security framework that mitigates interstate conflicts, nation-states establish a reputation for resolve by supporting foreign insurrections. Our theoretical predictions indicate that states with a greater number of co-ethnic groups abroad are more inclined to endorse foreign uprisings, resulting in higher political inclusion for such groups. With a dataset comprising over 280,000 ethnic group × sponsor state × target state × year observations, our analysis corroborates the role of reputation-building through co-ethnicity narratives as a determinant of sponsor state engagement. We argue that this mechanism engenders political concessions within target states, ultimately benefiting groups associated with reputed potential sponsors.},
	keywords={reputation;proxy war},
            }