Eager Hearts and Radicalized Minds

• In Event: Civil War, Transitional Justice and Displacement

Brief Overview

We model government efforts to win hearts and minds of low skilled citizens and radicalized individuals, who are self-motivated insurgents. The optimal policy bundle depends on the threat of a mass-based insurgency versus a small, capable opposition.

Authors

• Todd Lehmann, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

• Jessica Sun, Emory University

• Scott Allen Tyson, University of Rochester