Cuesta, J.D. http://repub.eur.nl/res/aut/22758/ List of Publications en http://repub.eur.nl/static-eur/img/logo.png RePub, Erasmus University Rotterdam http://repub.eur.nl On The Micro-Foundations of Contract Versus Conflict with Implications for International Peace-Making (Article) http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/22254/ 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z This paper expands the micro-foundations of the traditional greed and grievance non-cooperative model of civil conflict. First, we allow for greed and grievance to be orthogonal, so that they may affect each other rather than being exogenous. Second, we allow for the reaction curves of both parties in non-cooperative games to be substitutes and not inevitably complementary, so a peaceful strategy from a group may be followed by a belligerent upsurge from the other. Third, we also allow for Diaspora transfers to rebel groups, thus generating a trade-off between the gains associated with peace and war among rebels. Fourth, we expand external aid in the form of fungible financing of government transfers ‘buying’ peace by allowing for mechanisms that induce behavioural change towards peace. These extensions provide a better understanding of conflict persistence, the consequences of competing international aid and sub-optimal sanctions provision (“cheap talk”) by the international community. Reaching the millennium development goal for child mortality : improving equity and efficiency in Ecuador's health budget (Research Paper) http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/19169/ 2005-06-01T00:00:00Z From economicist to culturalist development theories: how strong is the relation between cultural aspects and economic development? (Research Paper) http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/19159/ 2004-09-01T00:00:00Z Simulating progressive social transfers : gas subsidies and solidarity bonds in Ecuador (Research Paper) http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/19155/ 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Economic reforms and the deficit of democratic legitimacy in Honduras (Research Paper) http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/19124/ 2002-07-01T00:00:00Z