Leadership Targeting and Local Violence. Evidence from the Nepalese Civil War.

• In Event: Civil War Dynamics

Brief Overview

This paper addresses the question how the killing of military commanders during armed conflicts affect the local manifestation of violence. The hypotheses are tested using individual-level data on victims of the Nepalese civil war (1996-2006).

Authors

• Alexander De Juan, University of Osnabrück

• Roman Krtsch, University of Osnabrück