Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Naghavi, Alireza - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2010
Are natural resources a source of conflict or stability? Empirical studies demonstrate that rents from natural … source of conflict and the rentier state view which emphasizes the role of resource rents in promoting peace and stability … activate more interest groups in a power struggle. We demonstrate that the associated increased cost of conflict may in fact …