Brückner, MarkusCiccone, AntonioUniversitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa2020-05-252020-05-252007-10-01The Economic Journal, 120 (544), 519-534, 2010http://hdl.handle.net/10230/606To learn more about the effect of economic conditions on civil war, we examine whether Sub-Saharan civil wars are more likely to start following downturns in the international price of countries main export commodities. The data show a robust effect of commodity price downturns on the outbreak of civil wars. We also find that Sub-Saharan countries are more likely to see civil wars following economic downturns in their main OECD export destinations.application/pdfengL'accés als continguts d'aquest document queda condicionat a l'acceptació de les condicions d'ús establertes per la següent llicència Creative Commonsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPapercommodity pricescivil warsub-saharian africaMacroeconomics and International Economicsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess