Rationality as a Barrier to Peace: Micro-evidence from Kosovo

Sumon Bhaumik, Ira Gang and Myeong-Su Yun ()

Comparative Economic Studies, 2009, vol. 51, issue 2, 242-264

Abstract: Despite a significant expansion of the literature on conflicts and fragility of states, only a few systematic attempts have been made to link the theoretical literature on social conflicts to the available micro-level information about the people who are involved in these conflicts. We address this lacuna in the literature using a household-level data set from Kosovo. Our analysis suggests that it is individually rational for competing ethnic communities, Kosovar Albanians and Kosovar Serbs, to resist a quick agreement on a social contract to share the region's resources. Comparative Economic Studies (2009) 51, 242–264. doi:10.1057/ces.2009.1

Date: 2009
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