Implications of an Economic Theory of Conflict: Hindu-Muslim Violence in India
建立了一个经济变化驱动群体间冲突的模型，并用印度印度教-穆斯林暴力数据验证，发现穆斯林人均支出增加会显著加剧未来宗教冲突，而印度教支出增加则无此效应。
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.