of opium profitability on conflict in Afghanistan. District level results indicate a conflict-reducing effect over the … valuable resources. By using data on the drug production process, ethnic homelands, and Taliban versus pro-government influence …We provide new evidence about the mechanisms linking resource-related income shocks to conflict. To do so, we combine …

prices reduce conflict over the 2002-2014 period in Afghanistan. There are two main mechanisms. First, household living …We provide evidence about the mechanisms linking resource-related income shocks to conflict. Combining temporal … contest effects if the degree of group competition over valuable resources is sufficiently small. Regressions using …

Weak economic performance of most oil rich countries states that natural resources are more curse than blessing for … these countries. Resource curse theory examines the negative effects of rich natural resources on economic growth from an … examine the viability of Resource Curse theory for Iran, Russia and Norway to see whether natural resources are curse or …

This paper reconsiders the ‘curse of resources' hypothesis for the case of China, and distinguishes between resource …

We combine original geo-referenced data on mining extraction of 15 minerals with information on conflict events at …

ethnic conflict. A new type of bargaining failure due to multiple types of potential conflicts (and hence multiple threat …

geographic location for inter-State conflict. The main predictions of the theory are that conflict tends to be more likely when … at least one country has natural resources; when the resources in the resource-endowed country are closer to the border …; and, in the case where both countries have natural resources, when the resources are located asymmetrically vis-a-vis the …

We study whether the spatial distribution of natural resources across different ethnic groups within countries impede … spatial inequality, national economic performance, and the incidence of armed conflict. By providing a theoretical rent … show that the distribution of resources is a major driving factor of ethnic income inequality and, thus, induces rent …

Are natural resources a source of conflict or stability? Empirical studies demonstrate that rents from natural … resources, and in particular oil, are an important source of civil war. Allegedly, resource rents attract rent seekers, which … source of conflict and the rentier state view which emphasizes the role of resource rents in promoting peace and stability …