Can power-sharing foster peace? Evidence from Northern Ireland*

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Title
Can power-sharing foster peace? Evidence from Northern Ireland*
Journal
Economic Policy
Author(s)
Mueller H., Rohner D.
ISSN
0266-4658
1468-0327
Publication state
Published
Issued date
01/07/2018
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
33
Number
95
Pages
447-484
Language
english
Abstract
In the absence of power-sharing, minority groups in opposition have powerful incentives to substitute the ballot with the bullet. In contrast, when power is shared among all major groups in society, the relative gains of sticking to electoral politics are larger for minority groups. After making the theoretical argument, we provide in the current paper an empirical analysis of the impact of power-sharing at the local level, making use of fine-grained data from Northern Ireland’s 26 local district councils over the 1973–2001 period. We find that power-sharing has a sizable and robust conflict-reducing impact.
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