Smits, Joeri; Tessema, Yibekal; Sakamoto, Takuto; … - 2016
Despite a sizeable literature, there is no consensus as to whether and how mineral resources are linked to conflict. In … this paper, we estimate the relationship between giant mineral deposit discoveries and the intensity of armed conflict … insurgency feasible. The data indeed show discoveries of giant deposits to lower the intensity of conflict for low unitvalue ores …