ECH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Expected Utility Hypothesis, Million Dead

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Conflict Studies and Human Rights
• Course: ECH 1100
• Professor: Jean- Francois Ratelle

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Lecture oct. 7 & 14 / 2015. Diferent or similar in terms of the conlict. Consider using greed & grievance theory (but do not limit to this) Set a context for the conlicts, but the paper is not a historical review. Resources will most likely be what maintains the conlict, not usually the cause. Explain why individuals joined the insurgency or why the insurgency appeared. Countries who are at a lower development experience more conlict. Democraic republic of congo rich in resources, but high in violence/war. You can have elements of both within a conlict. Do not consider greed & grievance to be black and white not that simple. Most cases will include both be able to explain. Explanaion 2: the economic raional actor argument (greed: individual approach to conlict. Expected uility of rebellion is greater than the expected uility of keeping their dayime job. 1 current income level (informaion: what you are actually making/have access to.