Do giant oilfield discoveries fuel internal armed conflicts?

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 110, Issue , 2014, Pages 139-157

  Lei, Yu Hsiang ^a   Michaels, Guy ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Armed conflict; Civil war; Natural resources; Petroleum; Resource curse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905396809     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2014.06.003     Document Type: Article

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