Implications of an Economic Theory of Conflict: Hindu-Muslim Violence in India

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Mitra, Anirban; Ray, Debraj
• 署名单位: University of Oslo; New York University; University of Warwick
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-3808
• DOI: 10.1086/676316
• 发表日期: 2014
• 页码: 719-765
• 关键词: racial disturbances; civil conflict; ETHNICITY; shocks; Riots

摘要

We model intergroup conflict driven by economic changes within groups. We show that if group incomes are low, increasing group incomes raises violence against that group and lowers violence generated by it. We then apply the model to data on Hindu-Muslim violence in India. Our main result is that an increase in per capita Muslim expenditures generates a large and significant increase in future religious conflict. An increase in Hindu expenditures has a negative or no effect. These findings speak to the origins of Hindu-Muslim violence in post-Independence India.