Behavioral differences in violence: the case of intra-group differences of paramilitaries and guerrillas in Colombia
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23/09/2015
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In most studies on civil wars, determinants of conflict have been hitherto explored assuming that actors involved were either unitary or stable. However, if this intra-group homogeneity assumption does not hold, empirical econometric estimates may be biased. We use Fixed Effects Finite Mixture Model (FE-FMM) approach to address this issue that provides a representation of heterogeneity when data originate from different latent classes and the affiliation is unknown. It allows to identify sub-populations within a population as well as the determinants of their behaviors. By combining various data sources for the period 2000-2005, we apply this methodology to the Colombian conflict. Our results highlight a behavioral heterogeneity in guerrilla’s armed groups and their distinct economic correlates. By contrast paramilitaries behave as a rather homogenous group. |
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Facultad de Economía |
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Serie Documentos de trabajo ; No. 181 https://ideas.repec.org/p/col/000092/013823.html |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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reponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocUR instname:Universidad del Rosario |
Palavras-Chave | #Guerrillas -- Colombia #Paramilitarismo -- Colombia #Violencia política -- Colombia #Actividades subversivas -- Colombia #303.66 #Finite Mixture Models #Colombian Conflict #Behavioral Differences in Conflict |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |