Jensen, Peter Sandholt; Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede - In: Defence and Peace Economics 20 (2009) 5, pp. 359-372
We re-examine the Miguel <italic>et al.</italic> (2004) study of the impact of growth on civil war, using growth in rainfall as an instrument. Miguel <italic>et al</italic>. (2004) - in our view, erroneously - include countries participating in civil wars in other states. Restricting the conflict data to states with conflict on...