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This Mine is Mine! How minerals fuel conflicts in Africa
Berman, Nicolas; Couttenier, Mathieu; Rohner, Dominic; … - Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource-Rich … - 2014
mining activity on the probability/intensity of conflict at the local level. This is both true for low-level violence (riots … conflict. We also find that seccessionist insurgencies are more likely in mining areas, which is in line with recent theories … of secessionist conflict. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884910
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This mine is mine! How minerals fuel conflicts in Africa
Berman, Nicolas; Couttenier, Mathieu; Rohner, Dominic; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
mining activity on the probability/intensity of conflict at the local level. This is both true for low-level violence (riots … conflict. We also find that secessionist insurgencies are more likely in mining areas, which is in line with recent theories of … secessionist conflict. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084702
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Can Workfare Programs Moderate Violence? Evidence from India
Fetzer, Thiemo - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics … - 2014
Governments in conflict torn states scramble for effective policies to persistently reduce levels of violence. This … times of need, may be an effective antidote to shut down an important mechanism that drives conflict. By mitigating adverse …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010784084
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Natural Resource Distribution and Multiple Forms of Civil War
Morelli, Massimo; Rohner, Dominic - Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource-Rich … - 2010
conflict. A new type of bargaining failure due to multiple types of potential conflicts (and hence multiple threat points) is … identified. The theory predicts conflict to be more likely when the geographical distribution of natural resources is uneven and … when a minority group has better chances to win a secessionist rather than a centrist conflict. For sharing rents, resource …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008725688
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War and Natural Resource Exploitation
Ploeg, Frederick Van der; Rohner, Dominic - CESifo - 2010
Although the relationship between natural resources and civil war has received much attention, little is known about the underlying mechanisms. Controversies and contradictions in the stylized facts persist because resource extraction is treated as exogenous while in reality fighting affects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727286
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Resource scarcity, effort allocation and environmental security: An agent-based theoretical approach
Hassani-Mahmooei, Behrooz; Parris, Brett W. - In: Economic Modelling 30 (2013) C, pp. 183-192
where adaptive agents can allocate a fraction of their effort to predatory behavior. By enriching a production and conflict … ranging from no statistically significant allocation changes to widespread conflict in the environment, depending on the … between resource scarcity and conflict is through changes in the distribution of resources rather than their overall …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010608291
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Natural resource distribution and multiple forms of civil war
Morelli, Massimo; Rohner, Dominic - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2010
conflict. A new type of bargaining failure due to multiple types of potential conflicts (and hence multiple threat points) is … identified. The theory predicts conflict to be more likely when the geographical distribution of natural resources is uneven and … when a minority group has better chances to win a secessionist rather than a centrist conflict. For sharing rents, resource …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466287
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Rent Seekers in Rentier States: When Greed Brings Peace
Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Naghavi, Alireza - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008467319
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Rent seekers in rentier states: When greed brings peace
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008474499
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Natural Resource Distribution and Multiple Forms of Civil War
Morelli, Massimo; Rohner, Dominic - Households in Conflict Network - 2010
conflict. A new type of bargaining failure due to multiple types of potential conflicts (and hence multiple threat points) is … identified. The theory predicts conflict to be more likely when the geographical distribution of natural resources is uneven and … when a minority group has better chances to win a secessionist rather than a centrist conflict. For sharing rents, resource …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008534422