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Giant oilfields and civil conflict

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  • Yu-Hsiang Lei
  • Guy Michaels

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We use new data to examine the effects of giant oilfield discoveries around the world since 1946. On average, these discoveries increase per capita oil production and oil exports by up to 50 percent. But these giant oilfield discoveries also have a dark side: they increase the incidence of internal armed conflict by about 5-8 percentage points. This increased incidence of conflict due to giant oilfield discoveries is especially high for countries that had already experienced armed conflicts or coups in the decade prior to discovery.

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  • Yu-Hsiang Lei & Guy Michaels, 2012. "Giant oilfields and civil conflict," CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance 371, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    • Handle: RePEc:cep:cepcnp:371
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    Keywords

    Natural resources; resource curse; petroleum; armed conflict; civil war;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q34 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - Natural Resources and Domestic and International Conflicts
    • Q33 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - Resource Booms (Dutch Disease)
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products

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