Oil, Gas and Conflict: A Mathematical Model for the Resource Curse

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Cai, Yiyong ^a,b   Newth, David ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL; NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMODIFICATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY RESOURCE; GAS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; POVERTY; PREDICTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; ALGORITHM; ECONOMICS; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIOLENCE; WAR; WARFARE;

ALGORITHMS; ARMED CONFLICTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL RESOURCES; PETROLEUM; POLITICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WARFARE;

EID: 84879512489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066706     Document Type: Article

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