Extreme weather and civil war: Does drought fuel conflict in Somalia through livestock price shocks?

A growing body of evidence shows a causal relationship between extreme weather events and civil conflict incidence at the global level. We find that this causality is also valid for droughts and local violent conflicts in a within‐country setting over a short time frame in the case of Somalia. We es...

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Main Authors: Maystadt, Jean-François, Ecker, Olivier
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151482

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