Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5066983 | European Economic Review | 2012 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Conflict creates incentives for rapacious extraction. ⺠Conflict is intense if oil demand is more inelastic. ⺠Bribing rebels reduces conflict. ⺠Inefficient nationalized extraction may be preferred to private extraction. ⺠There is less government fighting under private exploitation.
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Authors
Frederick van der Ploeg, Dominic Rohner,