Paper #1063

Título:

Estimating the effect of transitory economic shocks on civil conflict

Autor:

Antonio Ciccone

Fecha:

Junio 2011

Resumen:

This note tries to clarify some remaining issues in the debate on the effect of income shocks on civil conflict. Section 1 discusses the discrepant findings on the effect of rainfall shocks on civil conflict in Miguel and Satyanath (2010, 2011) and Ciccone (2011). Section 2 develops an instrumental variables approach to estimate the effect of transitory (rainfall-driven) income shocks on civil conflict and contrasts the conclusions with those of Miguel, Satyanath, and Sergenti (2004) and Miguel and Satyanath (2010, 2011). Throughout, the note uses the data of Miguel, Satyanath, and Sergenti to focus on the methodological issues at the core of the debate (for results using the latest data see Ciccone, 2011).

Palabras clave:

transitory economic shocks, conflict, weather,

Códigos JEL:

D74; E32; O11; O17; O47.

Área de investigación:

Macroeconomía y Economía Internacional

Publicado en:

Review of Economics and Institutions, 4 (2), 1-14, 2013

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