Land Inequality and Conflict Intensity

Petros Sekeris and Giacomo De Luca

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Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of land inequality on conflict intensity. A fundamental distinction with the existing literature lies in the nature of inequality under consideration. We investigate how land inequality across landlords only influences the intensity of the fight against a rebel group constituted by landless individuals. We show that conflict intensity is non-monotonic in land inequality. In particular, the most severe conflicts occur for intermediate land inequality levels. Moreover, a Pareto improving transfer of land from the smaller to the larger landlord may exist.

Keywords: Conflict; Land redistribution; inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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Published in Public Choice, 2011, forthcoming, ⟨10.1007/s11127-010-9692-8⟩

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Journal Article: Land inequality and conflict intensity (2012)
Working Paper: Land Inequality and Conflict Intensity (2009)
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DOI: 10.1007/s11127-010-9692-8

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