Did rainfall shocks cause civil conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa? The implications of data revisions
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2019.07.006
Abstract: Abstract In their seminal paper, Miguel et al. (2004) found that negative rainfall shocks (measured as negative year-on-year rainfall growth) had caused civil conflict in sub-Saharan Africa over the 1981–1999 period. Since then, the rainfall… read more here.
Keywords: conflict; rainfall shocks; civil conflict; conflict sub ... See more keywords