Economic shocks and civil conflict at the regional level

We study the effects of economic shocks on civil conflict at the subnational level using a panel dataset of 5689 administrative regions from 53 African countries with yearly observations from 1992 to 2010. We find that economic shocks, measured by nighttime light intensity and instrumented by lagged rainfall levels and droughts, increase the probability of civil conflict.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Hodler, Roland ; Raschky, Paul A.
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 124.2014, 3, p. 530-533
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Economic shocks \| Civil conflict \| Regional development

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	C2 - Econometric Methods: Single Equation Models ; D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making ; O1 - Economic Development
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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