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

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

No 2682, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

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, Kosovo Albanians and Kosovo Serbs, to resist a quick agreement on a social contract to share the region’s resources.

Keywords: micro-evidence; Balkans; economic deprivation; individual rationality; conflict; Kosovo (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I32 J15 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2007-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cbe, nep-tra and nep-upt
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Published - published in: Comparative Economic Studies, 51(2): 242-264, 2009

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