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Economics of Civil War
Author(s) -
Swee Eik Leong
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
australian economic review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-8462
pISSN - 0004-9018
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8462.12141
Subject(s) - spanish civil war , subject (documents) , positive economics , political science , economics , law and economics , development economics , political economy , law , computer science , library science
The prevalence of civil wars—and the massive human and economic costs that they impose—has attracted the attention of many scholars, including economists. This article briefly introduces three strands in the economics literature on civil war—causes, consequences and solutions—and identifies potential gaps in the existing literature which may be useful to students who are keen on pursuing further research on the subject.