Population Size and Civil Conflict Risk: Is there a Causal Link?

Economic Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 544, 2010, Pages 535-550

  Brückner, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; PANEL DATA; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 77953770528     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02352.x     Document Type: Article

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