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Resource Concentration and Civil Wars
- Source :
- Journal of Development Economics, vol. 117, pp. 32-47
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- This paper highlights the importance of natural resource concentration and ethnic group regional concentration for ethnic conflict. The existence of multiple conflict terrains (and hence multiple threat points) is the source of bargaining failure, similar to the one determined by the presence of offensive advantages. The theory predicts war to be more likely when resource concentration and group concentration are high, and the empirical analysis, both at the country level and at the ethnic group level, confirms the essential role of geographic concentration variables for civil war.
- Subjects :
- DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION
Economics and Econometrics
Resource (biology)
jel:D74
jel:C72
SECESSION
Ethnic group
Offensive
CIVIL WAR
Ethnic conflict
Development
NATURAL RESOURCES
Natural resource
Natural resources
Civil war
Conflict
Secession
Bargaining failure
BARGAINING FAILURE, CIVIL WAR, CONFLICT, NATURAL RESOURCES, SECESSION, ECONOMICS AND ECONOMETRICS, DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION
Spanish Civil War
Country level
jel:O12
Political science
Development economics
BARGAINING FAILURE
jel:Q34
CONFLICT
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Development Economics, vol. 117, pp. 32-47
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b5be28acfdc9425568924c1a7fef4e30