Mobilizing the Masses for Genocide

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چکیده

Do political elites use armed groups to foster civilian participation in genocidal violence? Are employed strategically? How do they mobilize civilians? I investigate these questions using data from the Rwandan Genocide. To establish causality, exploit exogenous variation groups’ transport costs induced by weather fluctuations: shortest distance of each village main road interacted with rainfall along dirt tracks between and village. find (i) 1 additional armed-group member resulted 7.3 more perpetrators; (ii) leaders their men strategically; (iii) invoked civilians’ obedience. (JEL D72, D74, O17, Q54)

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: The American Economic Review

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['2640-205X', '2640-2068']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20160999