Michael Tiernay
Biographic Data
| ID | 4383203 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Tiernay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Tiernay |
| SIGNATURE | TIERNAY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University—Politics, New York, NY, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Killing Kony: Leadership Change and Civil War Termination
Is there a relationship between leadership change and the probability of conflict termination in civil war? This article uses an original data set on the leaders of rebel groups combined with existing data on state leaders to determine whether leadership change in states or rebel groups affects the probability that a civil war will end. Three results emerge: (1) when the leader of a rebel group is captured or killed, wars are 398 percent more lik…
Which comes first? Unpacking the relationship between peace agreements and peacekeeping missions
Why do combatants engaged in civil conflict sign peace agreements when they do? Does a commitment by the United Nations (UN) to send a peacekeeping mission increase the probability that combatants will sign an agreement? With regards to the relationship between peace agreements and UN peacekeeping missions, previous studies of civil war have taken one of two positions: (a) a peace agreement between combatants causes an increase in the probability…
Killing Kony: Leadership Change and Civil War Termination
Is there a relationship between leadership change and the probability of conflict termination in civil war? This article uses an original data set on the leaders of rebel groups combined with existing data on state leaders to determine whether leadership change in states or rebel groups affects the probability that a civil war will end. Three results emerge: (1) when the leader of a rebel group is captured or killed, wars are 398 percent more lik…
Which comes first? Unpacking the relationship between peace agreements and peacekeeping missions
Why do combatants engaged in civil conflict sign peace agreements when they do? Does a commitment by the United Nations (UN) to send a peacekeeping mission increase the probability that combatants will sign an agreement? With regards to the relationship between peace agreements and UN peacekeeping missions, previous studies of civil war have taken one of two positions: (a) a peace agreement between combatants causes an increase in the probability…
Killing Kony: Leadership Change and Civil War Termination
Is there a relationship between leadership change and the probability of conflict termination in civil war? This article uses an original data set on the leaders of rebel groups combined with existing data on state leaders to determine whether leadership change in states or rebel groups affects the probability that a civil war will end. Three results emerge: (1) when the leader of a rebel group is captured or killed, wars are 398 percent more lik…
Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (1 works) · Econometrics (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Endogeneity (1 works) · International conflict (1 works)