A violent future?: Political risk insurance markets and violence forecasts

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 527-547

  Jensen, Nathan M ^a   Young, Daniel J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil conflict; Foreign direct investment; Political risk; Political violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 47349129107     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002708316744     Document Type: Article

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