How much war will we see? Explaining the prevalence of civil war

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 307-334

  Elbadawi, Ibrahim ^a   Sambanis, Nicholas ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037600669     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002702046003001     Document Type: Article

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