Civil wars and economic growth: A regional comparison

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 451-464

  Murdoch, James ^a   Sandler, Todd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Asia; Civil wars; Economic growth; Latin America; Spatial econometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036888208     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242690214336     Document Type: Article

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