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Economic Shocks and Civil Conflict: The Case of Large Floods

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  • Ghimire, Ramesh
  • Ferreira, Susana

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We investigate the impact of large floods on the risk of civil conflict in a sample of 125 countries between 1985 and 2009. We control for endogeneity of floods and the potential spatial and temporal dependency of civil conflict. We find that floods increase the probability of conflict incidence through a negative impact on short-run GDP growth.

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  • Ghimire, Ramesh & Ferreira, Susana, 2013. "Economic Shocks and Civil Conflict: The Case of Large Floods," 2013 Annual Meeting, February 2-5, 2013, Orlando, Florida 142587, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:saea13:142587
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.142587
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