000			01148pab a2200181 454500
008			180718b2008 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
100			_aStrulik, Holger
245			_aSocial composition, social conflict and economic development
260			_c2008
300			_ap.1145-170.
362			_aJul
520			_aThis article investigates how the existence of non-cooperative social groups that appropriate resources either peacefully or through contest affects economic growth when property rights are unenforceable. For symmetric groups it shows that economic growth is generated only in peaceful societies. for the case of asymmetric groups rebel-equilibria are investigated in which a large majority behaves peacefully although challenged by an aggressive minority. The article explains how conflict intensity and the rate of economic growth depend on social fractionalisation, general productivity of the economy, power of social elites and the case at which resources are appropriated. - Reproduced.
650			_aSocial conflicts
650			_aEconomic and social development
773			_aEconomic Journal
908			_aN
909			_a79005
999			_c79005 _d79005