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    See e.g. Rohner et al. (2013b). In particular, it has been found that two thirds of conflict onsets have taken place in countries with multiple conflicts recorded (Collier and Hoeffler 2004), and three quarters of civil wars are driven by enduring inter-ethnic rivalries (DeRouen and Bercovitch 2008).

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    The focus of the current contribution lies of civil wars, which make up for the lion’s share of conflicts in recent times, but I shall also at times refer to interstate wars.

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    Existing reviews of the literature on the impact of natural resources include van der Ploeg (2011).

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    In this entry, I focus on natural resources that are either non-renewable (such as oil or minerals) or that are illegal (such as narcotics). The study of agricultural commodities is beyond the scope of this contribution.

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Helpful comments by the section editor, Roger Fouquet, have substantially improved this entry. Financial support from the ERC Starting Grant 677595 ‘Policies for Peace’ is gratefully acknowledged.

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    Rohner, D. (2018). Natural Resources and Conflict. In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95121-5_3061-2

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