We develop and test an economic theory of insurgency motivated by the informal literature
and by recent military doctrine. We model a three-way contest between violent rebels, a …

Most interpretations of prevalent counterinsurgency theory imply that increasing government
services reduces rebel violence. Empirically, however, development programs and …

Most aid spending by governments seeking to rebuild social and political order is based on
an opportunity-cost theory of distracting potential recruits. The logic is that gainfully …

We develop and test an economic theory of insurgency motivated by the informal literature
and by recent military doctrine. We model a three-way contest between violent rebels, a …

Most aid spending by governments seeking to rebuild social and political order is based on
an opportunity-cost theory of distracting potential recruits. The logic is that gainfully …

A drowned boy pulled from the Mediterranean, kidnapped schoolgirls sitting helpless at
gunpoint in a field in Nigeria, shoppers lying dead in a market in Iraq, more than 350 killed …

This paper explores the relationship between investment and political violence through
several possible mechanisms. Investment as a predictor of future violence implies that low …

“We've got a government in a box, ready to roll in,” said General Stanley McChrystal, the top
American commander in Afghanistan, of plans for holding the hard-won town of Marja in …

http://www. washingtonpost. com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/03/16/how-empirical-studies-
of-political-violence-can-help-policymakers/the huge resources devoted to them, far too few …

We develop and test a theory of insurgency and reconstruction motivated by the informal
literature and US military doctrine. We model insurgency as a three-way contest between …