Commodity price shocks and civil conflict: Evidence from Colombia

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1384-1421

  Dube, Oeindrila ^a   Vargas, Juan F ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Commodity prices; Conflict; Income shocks; Natural resources

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; COMMODITY MARKET; COMMODITY PRICE; EXPORT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NATURAL RESOURCE;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 84876586047     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdt009     Document Type: Article

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