Khalifa, Sherin; Petri, Svetlana; Henning, Christian H. … - 2020
This paper provides an analysis of the impact of extraordinary climate shocks on the incidence of civil conflict using … cross-country panel data from Africa and the Middle East (1981 to 2015). We find that: (i) The estimated impact of climate … estimated impact of temperature growth 47%. (ii) We identified a direct impact of climate shocks on the incidence of civil …