State-Sponsored Mass Killing in African Wars—Greed or Grievance?

Chyanda Querido ()

International Advances in Economic Research, 2009, vol. 15, issue 3, 361 pages

Abstract: What motivates African governments to engage in mass killings at some stage in the armed conflicts? I make the argument that violence against civilians is the outcome of a rational decision process. Using an empirical model, I identify the conditions for civil wars to evolve into mass killings. The results show that the existence of oil onshore and diamonds, the cost of a military conflict, and the number of ethnic groups in a country affect the likelihood of mass killing. Copyright International Atlantic Economic Society 2009

Keywords: Mass killing; Civil war; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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