• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Oil and Civil Conflict : On and Off (Shore)
  • Contributor: Andersen, Jørgen Juel [Author]; Nordvik, Frode Martin [Other]; Tesei, Andrea [Other]
  • Published: [S.l.]: SSRN, [2017]
  • Published in: CESifo Working Paper Series ; No. 6346
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (33 p)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2933428
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  • Footnote: Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments February 21, 2017 erstellt
  • Description: We reconsider the relationship between oil and conflict, focusing on the location of oil resources. In a panel of 132 countries over the period 1962-2009, we show that oil windfalls increase the probability of conflict in onshore-rich countries, while they decrease this probability in offshore-rich countries. We use a simple model of conflict to illustrate how these opposite effects can be explained by a fighting capacity mechanism, whereby the government can use offshore oil income to increase its fighting capacity, while onshore oil may be looted by oppositional groups to finance a rebellion. We provide empirical evidence supporting this interpretation: we find that oil windfalls increase both the number and strength of active rebel groups in onshore-rich countries, while they strengthen the government in offshore-rich ones
  • Access State: Open Access