This article reviews the existing theoretical arguments and empirical findings linking
renewable and non-renewable natural resources to the onset, intensity, and duration of …

We discuss the literature on natural resources and violent conflict. The theoretical literature
is rich and ambiguous, and the empirical literature is equally multifaceted. Theory predicts …

We establish a theoretical and empirical framework to assess the role of resource
endowments and their geographic location in interstate conflict. The main predictions of the …

We review the main economic models of war and conflict. These models vary in details, but
their implications are qualitatively consistent, highlighting key commonalities across a …

This paper asks whether scarcity increases violence in markets that lack a centralized
authority. We construct a model in which, by raising prices, scarcity fosters violence. Guided …

We provide evidence that institutions have a strong influence over where oil and gas
exploration takes place. We utilise a global data set on the location of exploration wells and …

It is widely recognised that the presence of some fossil fuels and their transport routes can
affect the risk of conflicts. Other parts of the energy system and contextual conditions (social …

This paper uses a new data set that begins in 1840 to investigate how industrialization
affects the derived demand for mineral commodities. I establish that there is substantial …

African societies exported more slaves in colder years. Lower temperatures reduced
mortality and raised agricultural yields, lowering slave supply costs. Our results help explain …

We survey numerical methods that are tractable in dynamic economic models with a finite,
large number of continuous state variables.(Examples of such models are new Keynesian …