Violent conflict and economic growth: Some time-series evidence

Martha Starr ()

Economics Letters, 2010, vol. 106, issue 3, 200-204

Abstract: This paper uses time-series methods to examine interrelationships between growth and violent conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa. Results show bidirectional causalities, but the key determinant of conflict risk is prior conflict experience, not fluctuations in economic growth.

Keywords: Conflict; Growth; Sub-Saharan; Africa; Structural; VAR (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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