Uncovering The Deep Roots of Conflict

James Ang and Satyendra Gupta

No 1702, Economic Growth Centre Working Paper Series from Nanyang Technological University, School of Social Sciences, Economic Growth Centre

Abstract: This research establishes that the emergence and persistence of intrastate con ict incidence since 1960 are in uenced by regional agro-ecological factors captured by the extent of variation in crop yield potential. Our results based on cross-country and grid-level analysis indicate that higher potential crop yield variability within a country that is exogenous to both human intervention and regional culture increases the likelihood of intrastate con ict. Our ndings are robust to the inclusion of various geographical, institutional, and potentially confounding economic development correlates.

Keywords: Intrastate con ict; crop yield; agronomy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E02 F50 Q10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 pages
Date: 2017-02
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