Political aftershocks: The impact of earthquakes on intrastate conflict

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 715-743

  Brancati, Dawn ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil war; Conflict; Earthquakes; Natural disasters; Natural experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548539883     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002707305234     Document Type: Article

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