Climate variability, economic growth, and civil conflict

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-127

  Koubi, Vally ^a   Bernauer, Thomas ^a   Kalbhenn, Anna ^b   Spilker, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

civil conflict; climate change; climate variability; democracy; economic growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856410287     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343311427173     Document Type: Article

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