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@inbook{grossman1995, abstract = {This essay develops an economic theory of insurrections. The decision-making agents in this theory are an incumbent ruler, a potential leader of an insurrection, and a large number of peasant or worker families. The essay distinguishes insurrections that attempt only to appropriate current income from revolutions, which are insurrections that attempt to effect permanent change in the distribution of income through the appropriation of sovereign power. The analysis shows how the technology of insurrection, together with a discount factor, determines whether there is an insurrection, the allocation of resources among productive activities, soldiering, and insurgency, and the probable outcome of an insurrection.}, author = {Grossman, Herschel I.}, booktitle = {Handbook of Defense Economics}, chapter = {8}, citeulike-article-id = {2449268}, editor = {Sandler, Todd and Hartley, Keith}, keywords = {art\_misperceptions, civil\_war, classics, conflict}, pages = {191--212}, posted-at = {2008-02-29 20:10:14}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Elsevier}, title = {Insurrections}, volume = {1}, year = {1995} }

TY - CHAP ID - grossman1995 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2449268 N2 - This essay develops an economic theory of insurrections. The decision-making agents in this theory are an incumbent ruler, a potential leader of an insurrection, and a large number of peasant or worker families. The essay distinguishes insurrections that attempt only to appropriate current income from revolutions, which are insurrections that attempt to effect permanent change in the distribution of income through the appropriation of sovereign power. The analysis shows how the technology of insurrection, together with a discount factor, determines whether there is an insurrection, the allocation of resources among productive activities, soldiering, and insurgency, and the probable outcome of an insurrection. EP - 212 TI - Insurrections PB - Elsevier VL - 1 T2 - Handbook of Defense Economics SP - 191 KW - art_misperceptions KW - civil_war KW - classics KW - conflict AU - Grossman, Herschel A2 - Sandler, Todd A2 - Hartley, Keith PY - 1995/// ER -