@article{ref1,
title="Mobilizing the masses for genocide",
journal="American economic review",
year="2021",
author="Rogall, Thorsten",
volume="111",
number="1",
pages="41-72",
abstract="Do political elites use armed groups to foster civilian participation in genocidal violence? Are armed groups employed strategically? How do they mobilize civilians? I investigate these questions using data from the Rwandan Genocide. To establish causality, I exploit exogenous variation in armed groups' transport costs induced by weather fluctuations: the shortest distance of each village to the main road interacted with rainfall along the dirt tracks between main road and village. I find (i) 1 additional armed-group member resulted in 7.3 more civilian perpetrators; (ii) armed-group leaders employed their men strategically; and (iii) armed groups invoked civilians' obedience.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-8282",
doi="10.1257/aer.20160999",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.20160999"
}