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

David Jaeger and M. Daniele Paserman

American Economic Review, 2008, vol. 98, issue 4, 1591-1604

Abstract: This paper examines the dynamics of violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict during the Second Intifada. Using data on the daily number of fatalities between September 2000 and January 2005, we estimate reaction functions for both Israelis and Palestinians and find evidence of Granger causality from Palestinian to Israeli violence, but not vice versa. This finding is consistent using either the incidence or level of fatalities and is robust to the specification of the lag structure and the level of time aggregation. We find no evidence that the Palestinians and Israelis are engaged in a predictable "tit-for-tat" cycle of violence. (JEL D74, H56, O17)

JEL-codes: D74 H56 O17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
Note: DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.4.1591
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