Asymmetric information in the civil wars, the Colombian case

Fernando Estrada

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Abstract: The aim of this paper is to interpret the relationships between information networks and the armed conflict in Colombia. Over a period of paramilitary violence networks of informants were used with a strategic purpose. In fact, the paramilitaries were preparing each slaughter counting information previously learned between the inhabitants of the town. For these reasons, it is shown that information is a key phenomenon to understand civil wars. Moreover, as demonstrated in this work is the evolution of the slaughter in the civil wars as a result of rumor and information.

Keywords: Colombia; civil wars; massacres; paramilitary; information and rumors; communication (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C7 C72 D8 D80 D82 D83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010, Revised 2011
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