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The Causes of Civil War / Reynal-Querol, Marta
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Reynal-Querol, Marta
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil War.
- Civil wars.
- Conflict.
- Conflict and Development.
- Economic development.
- Emerging Markets.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Labor Policies.
- Nations.
- Peace.
- Peace and Peacekeeping.
- Police.
- Population Policies.
- Post Conflict Reconstruction.
- Private Sector Development.
- Property rights.
- Rebels.
- Rule of law.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Local Subjects:
- Civil War.
- Civil wars.
- Conflict.
- Conflict and Development.
- Economic development.
- Emerging Markets.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Labor Policies.
- Nations.
- Peace.
- Peace and Peacekeeping.
- Police.
- Population Policies.
- Post Conflict Reconstruction.
- Private Sector Development.
- Property rights.
- Rebels.
- Rule of law.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (33 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2007
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- The dominant hypothesis in the literature that studies conflict is that poverty is the main cause of civil wars. We instead analyze the effect of institutions on civil war, controlling for income per capita. In our set up, institutions are endogenous and colonial origins affect civil wars through their legacy on institutions. Our 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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