The Causes of Civil War
The dominant hypothesis in the literature that studies conflict is that poverty is the main cause of civil wars. The authors instead analyze the effect of institutions on civil war, controlling for income per capita. In their set up, institutions a...
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okr-10986-74162021-04-23T14:02:33Z The Causes of Civil War Djankov, Simeon Reynal-Querol, Marta ABSOLUTE VALUE ARMED CONFLICT CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS CONFLICT RESOLUTION COURTS DEFENSE DEMOCRACY DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIFFERENCES IN INCOME DISPUTES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMIC STAGNATION ECONOMIC THEORY EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RESULTS EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENDOGENOUS VARIABLE ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES EPIDEMICS EXOGENOUS VARIABLE EXPLANATORY POWER EXPLANATORY VARIABLE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPROPRIATION GAMBIA INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME TAXATION INCOME VARIABLES INVESTIGATION LAND REFORM LARGE POPULATION LARGE POPULATIONS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MONETARY ECONOMICS MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP 0 HYPOTHESIS OPPORTUNITY COST PEACE PEACE RESEARCH PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL CHANGE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SYSTEMS POOR POOR COUNTRIES POSITIVE EFFECT POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP POVERTY INCREASES PRIVATE AGENTS PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS REGIONAL SAMPLES REGRESSION ANALYSIS RULE OF LAW SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES SIGNIFICANT EFFECT TAXATION WARS The dominant hypothesis in the literature that studies conflict is that poverty is the main cause of civil wars. The authors instead analyze the effect of institutions on civil war, controlling for income per capita. In their set up, institutions are endogenous and colonial origins affect civil wars through their legacy on institutions. Their results indicate that institutions, proxied by the protection of property rights, rule of law and the efficiency of the legal system, are a fundamental cause of civil war. In particular, an improvement in institutions from the median value in the sample to the 75th percentile is associated with a 38 percentage points' reduction in the incidence of civil wars. Moreover, once institutions are included as explaining civil wars, income does not have any effect on civil war, either directly or indirectly. 2012-06-07T17:26:19Z 2012-06-07T17:26:19Z 2007-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/7726695/causes-civil-war http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7416 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4254 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ABSOLUTE VALUE ARMED CONFLICT CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS CONFLICT RESOLUTION COURTS DEFENSE DEMOCRACY DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIFFERENCES IN INCOME DISPUTES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMIC STAGNATION ECONOMIC THEORY EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RESULTS EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENDOGENOUS VARIABLE ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES EPIDEMICS EXOGENOUS VARIABLE EXPLANATORY POWER EXPLANATORY VARIABLE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPROPRIATION GAMBIA INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME TAXATION INCOME VARIABLES INVESTIGATION LAND REFORM LARGE POPULATION LARGE POPULATIONS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MONETARY ECONOMICS MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP 0 HYPOTHESIS OPPORTUNITY COST PEACE PEACE RESEARCH PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL CHANGE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SYSTEMS POOR POOR COUNTRIES POSITIVE EFFECT POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP POVERTY INCREASES PRIVATE AGENTS PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS REGIONAL SAMPLES REGRESSION ANALYSIS RULE OF LAW SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES SIGNIFICANT EFFECT TAXATION WARS |
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ABSOLUTE VALUE ARMED CONFLICT CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS CONFLICT RESOLUTION COURTS DEFENSE DEMOCRACY DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIFFERENCES IN INCOME DISPUTES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMIC STAGNATION ECONOMIC THEORY EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RESULTS EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENDOGENOUS VARIABLE ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES EPIDEMICS EXOGENOUS VARIABLE EXPLANATORY POWER EXPLANATORY VARIABLE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPROPRIATION GAMBIA INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME TAXATION INCOME VARIABLES INVESTIGATION LAND REFORM LARGE POPULATION LARGE POPULATIONS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MONETARY ECONOMICS MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP 0 HYPOTHESIS OPPORTUNITY COST PEACE PEACE RESEARCH PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL CHANGE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SYSTEMS POOR POOR COUNTRIES POSITIVE EFFECT POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP POVERTY INCREASES PRIVATE AGENTS PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS REGIONAL SAMPLES REGRESSION ANALYSIS RULE OF LAW SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES SIGNIFICANT EFFECT TAXATION WARS Djankov, Simeon Reynal-Querol, Marta The Causes of Civil War |
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Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4254 |
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The dominant hypothesis in the
literature that studies conflict is that poverty is the main
cause of civil wars. The authors instead analyze the effect
of institutions on civil war, controlling for income per
capita. In their set up, institutions are endogenous and
colonial origins affect civil wars through their legacy on
institutions. Their results indicate that institutions,
proxied by the protection of property rights, rule of law
and the efficiency of the legal system, are a fundamental
cause of civil war. In particular, an improvement in
institutions from the median value in the sample to the 75th
percentile is associated with a 38 percentage points'
reduction in the incidence of civil wars. Moreover, once
institutions are included as explaining civil wars, income
does not have any effect on civil war, either directly or indirectly. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Djankov, Simeon Reynal-Querol, Marta |
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Djankov, Simeon Reynal-Querol, Marta |
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Djankov, Simeon |
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The Causes of Civil War |
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The Causes of Civil War |
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The Causes of Civil War |
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The Causes of Civil War |
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The Causes of Civil War |
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causes of civil war |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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