Deadly Combat over Natural Resources

@article{Lujala2009DeadlyCO,
  title={Deadly Combat over Natural Resources},
  author={P{\"a}ivi Lujala},
  journal={Journal of Conflict Resolution},
  year={2009},
  volume={53},
  pages={50 - 71},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:155043015}
}
  • Päivi Lujala
  • Published 1 February 2009
  • Political Science, Environmental Science, Economics
  • Journal of Conflict Resolution
This article empirically examines how natural resources affect the severity of armed civil conflict. It finds that drug cultivation in the conflict area is associated with less severe conflicts but… 
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