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100			_aRogall, Thorsten _929353
245			_aMobilizing the masses for genocide
260			_aThe American Economic Review
300			_a111(1), Jan, 2021: p.41-72
520			_aDo political elites use armed groups to foster civilian participation in genocidal violence? Are armed groups employed strategically? How do they mobilize civilians? I investigate these questions using data from the Rwandan Genocide. To establish causality, I exploit exogenous variation in armed groups' transport costs induced by weather fluctuations: the shortest distance of each village to the main road interacted with rainfall along the dirt tracks between main road and village. I find (i) 1 additional armed-group member resulted in 7.3 more civilian perpetrators; (ii) armed-group leaders employed their men strategically; and (iii) armed groups invoked civilians' obedience. Reproduced
773			_aThe American Economic Review
906			_aGENOCIDE
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