Sensitivity analysis of empirical results on civil war onset

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 508-535

  Hegre, Hvard ^a   Sambanis, Nicholas ^b  

^a PRIO   (Norway)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil war; Ethnic fractionalization; Internal armed conflict; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745771320     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002706289303     Document Type: Article

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