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DEFENCE AND PEACE ECONOMICS
Volume 20, Issue 5, Pages 359-372Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10242690902868277
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Civil war; Conflict; Growth; Rainfall; Location; Spatial econometrics
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- Economic and Social Research Council [ES/E007147/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- ESRC [ES/E007147/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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We re-examine the Miguel et al. (2004) study of the impact of growth on civil war, using growth in rainfall as an instrument. Miguel et al. (2004) - in our view, erroneously - include countries participating in civil wars in other states. Restricting the conflict data to states with conflict on their own territory reduces the estimated impact of economic growth on civil war. We show how spatial correlations in rainfall growth and participation in civil conflicts induce a stronger apparent relationship in the mis-classified data.
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