International commodity prices, growth and the outbreak of Civil War in Sub-Saharan Africa
| Contribuinte(s) |
Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa |
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| Data(s) |
12/12/2007
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| Resumo |
To learn more about the effect of economic conditions oncivil war, we examine whether Sub-Saharan civil wars aremore likely to start following downturns in the internationalprice of countries main export commodities. The data showa robust effect of commodity price downturns on the outbreakof civil wars. We also find that Sub-Saharan countries aremore likely to see civil wars following economic downturnsin their main OECD export destinations. |
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| Idioma(s) |
eng |
| Direitos |
L'accés als continguts d'aquest document queda condicionat a l'acceptació de les condicions d'ús establertes per la següent llicència Creative Commons info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/</a> |
| Palavras-Chave | #Macroeconomics and International Economics #commodity prices #civil war #sub-saharian africa |
| Tipo |
info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper |
