| ID | 150994 |
| Title Proper | Renewable natural resource shocks and conflict intensity |
| Other Title Information | findings from India’s ongoing maoist insurgency |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kapur, Devesh ; Satyanath, Shanker ; Gawande, Kishore ; Kishore Gawande, Devesh Kapur, Shanker Satyanath |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | An interesting stream of the civil conflict literature has identified an important subset of civil conflicts with disastrous consequences, that is, those that emerge as a consequence of shocks to renewable natural resources like land and water. This literature is, however, reliant on qualitative case studies when claiming a causal relationship leading from renewable resource shocks to conflict. In this article, we seek to advance the literature by drawing out the implications of a well-known formal model of the renewable resources–conflict relationship and then conducting rigorous statistical tests of its implications in the case of a serious ongoing civil conflict in India. We find that a one standard deviation decrease in our measure of renewable resources increases killings by nearly 60 percent over the long run. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Conflict Resolution Vol. 61, No.1; Jan 2017: p.140-172 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Conflict Resolution Vol: 61 No 1 |
| Key Words | Conflict ; Maoists ; Instrumental Variables ; Vegetation Shocks |