@article{9ed4a22f1ffe48a48fa9490f56dbb9eb,
title = "Groups in conflict: Private and public prizes",
abstract = "This paper studies costly conflict over private and public goods. Oil is an example of the former, political and civil rights an example of the latter. Our theory predicts that groups in conflict are likely to be small when the prize is private, and large when the prize is public. We examine these implications empirically using a global dataset of conflict at the ethnic group level. Our theoretical predictions find significant confirmation in this setting, and the analysis sheds new light on group size and collective action in the context of violent conflict.",
keywords = "Conflict, Ethnic groups, Oil, Public goods",
author = "Laura Mayoral and Debraj Ray",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Oeindrila Dube, William Easterly, Joan Esteban and Sahar Parsa for helpful comments. Ray acknowledges support under National Science Foundation grants SES-1629370 and SES-1851758 . Mayoral acknowledges financial support from the Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigaci{\'o}n (AEI) , through the Severo Ochoa Programme for Centres of Excellence in R+D (Barcelona School of Economics CEX2019-000915-S), La Caixa Foundation Grants on Socioeconomic Wellbeing CG-018-03, and the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities Grant number PGC2018-096133-B-100 . Funding Information: We thank Oeindrila Dube, William Easterly, Joan Esteban and Sahar Parsa for helpful comments. Ray acknowledges support under National Science Foundation grantsSES-1629370 and SES-1851758. Mayoral acknowledges financial support from the Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigaci?n (AEI), through the Severo Ochoa Programme for Centres of Excellence in R+D (Barcelona School of Economics CEX2019-000915-S), La Caixa FoundationGrants on Socioeconomic Wellbeing CG-018-03, and the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities Grant number PGC2018-096133-B-100. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Elsevier B.V.",
year = "2022",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102759",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "154",
journal = "Journal of Development Economics",
issn = "0304-3878",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}