Adriana CamachoCatherine Rodríguez2026-03-222026-03-22201010.35648/20.500.12413/11781/ii053https://doi.org/10.35648/20.500.12413/11781/ii053https://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/83656Citaciones: 8This paper uses two unique panel data sets to study the causal effect that armed conflict has over entrepreneurial activity in Colombia.Using a fixed effect estimation methodology at the plant level and controlling for the possible endogeneity of armed conflict through the use of instrumental variables, we find that a one standard deviation in the number of guerrilla and paramilitary attacks in a municipality increases the probability of firm exit in 8.1 percentage points.This effect is stronger for smaller plants and has a differential impact with respect to firms' age.enArmed conflictGeographyPolitical sciencepreprint