The Geography of Inter-State Resource Wars
Francesco Caselli,
Massimo Morelli () and
Dominic Rohner
CEP Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
Abstract:
We establish a theoretical as well as empirical framework to assess the role of resource endowments and their geographic location for inter-State conflict. The main predictions of the theory are that conflict tends to be more likely when at least one country has natural resources; when the resources in the resource-endowed country are closer to the border; and, in the case where both countries have natural resources, when the resources are located asymmetrically vis-a-vis the border. We test these predictions on a novel dataset featuring oilfield distances from bilateral borders. The empirical analysis shows that the presence and location of oil are significant and quantitatively important predictors of inter-State conflicts after WW2.
Keywords: conflict; natural resources; territorial war; energy economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-05
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