EDITOR

Raul Caruso, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy

PEACE
ECONOMICS,
PEACE
SCIENCE AND
PUBLIC POLICY
EDITORIAL BOARD
Kenneth Arrow, Stanford University, USA
Jean-Paul Azam, Toulouse School of Economics, France
Iwan Azis, Cornell University, USA
S. Brock Blomberg, Claremont Mckenna College, USA
Raymond Dacey, University of Idaho, USA
John P. Dunne, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Michael D. Intriligator, University of California, USA
D. Marc Kilgour, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
Esteban Klor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Urs Luterbacher, Graduate Institute of International Studies Geneva, Switzerland
Johannes Mnster, University of Cologne, Germany
Mansoob Murshed, ISS/Erasmus University and the University of Birmingham, UK
Solomon Polachek, Binghamton University, USA
Marta Reynal-Querol, Univertitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Roberto Ricciuti, University of Verona, Italy
Thomas C. Schelling, University of Maryland, USA
Carlos Seiglie, Rutgers University, USA
Anja Shortland, Kings College, London, UK
Marijke Verpoorten, University of Antwerp, The Netherlands
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Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy (PEPS) was founded in 1997 by Walter Isard,
Professor Emeritus of Economics and Regional Science at Cornell University, and widely recognized
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PEPS 2014 | Volume 20 | Issue 1
Contents
Special Issue: Conflict, Crime and Violence in Colombia
Edited by Raul Caruso and Juan F. Vargas
Editorial
Juan F. Vargas and Raul Caruso
Conflict, Crime, and Violence in Colombia 1
Articles
Thomas Edward Flores
Vertical Inequality, Land Reform, and Insurgency in Colombia 5
Juan Camilo Crdenas, Andrs Casas-Casas and NathalieMndez Mndez
The Hidden Face of Justice: Fairness, Discrimination and Distribution in
Transitional Justice Processes 33
Mariana Blanco and Juan F. Vargas
Can SMS Technology Improve Low Take-up of Social Benefits? 61
Nicols Idrobo, Daniel Meja and Ana Mara Tribin
Illegal Gold Mining and Violence in Colombia 83
Natalia Lemus
Conflict-Induced Poverty: Evidence from Colombia 113
Darwin Corts and Daniel Montolio
Provision of Public Goods and Violent Conflict: Evidence from Colombia 143
Dario Romero
Insecurity or Perception of Insecurity? Urban Crime and Dissatisfaction with
Life: Evidence from the Case of Bogot 169
Mara Alejandra Arias, Ana Mara Ibez and Pablo Querubin
The Desire to Return during Civil War: Evidence for Internally Displaced
Populations in Colombia 209
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