RIEB Seminar
RIEB Seminar
RIEB Seminar
Jointly supported by Kobe University Center for Social System Innovation / Rokko Forum / Kobe University RIEB Workshop on Economic and Political Research on Latin America
| Date & Time | Friday, November 17, 2023, 15:10 - 16:40 |
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| Place | Meeting Room at RIEB, Kobe University (Annex, 2nd Floor) |
| Intended Audience | Faculty, Graduate Students, and People with Equivalent Knowledge |
| Langage | English |
| Remarks | Please complete the registration before November 13. Registration Form (Due: Nov 13) |
15:10 - 16:40
- Topic
- Peacefully Demobilizing Rebels: Identity, Emotional Cues, and the FARC
- Speaker
- Christopher PARSONS (Business School, University of Western Australia)
- Abstract
- In the early 2000s, the Colombian government aired messages during games of the national football team, urging FARC rebels to demobilize. We first study the strategy's effectiveness, leveraging game dates, kick-off times, and spatial-temporal variation in rain-induced signal strength in a municipality-day-level panel spanning 2003-2016. Over 1, 000 rebels demobilized because of family-themed (but not national-unity-themed) messages, received during unexpected losses (i.e., negative emotional cues). We then model a rebel's demobilization decision, combining identity salience with their emotional state. Finally, we corroborate the model's predictions examining family- versus non-family-specific holidays and local climatic anomalies.