Data and Code for: Will Wealth Weaken Weather Wars?

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Marshall Burke, Stanford University; Joel Ferguson, University of California, Berkeley; Solomon Hsiang, University of California, Berkeley; Edward Miguel, University of California, Berkeley

Version:  View help for Version V1

Name File Type Size Last Modified
  ne_10m_admin_0_countries 04/29/2024 07:01:PM
  wealth_data 04/29/2024 05:53:PM
BEST_latlong1.nc application/x-hdf 185.3 MB 04/29/2024 01:53:PM
WDI_1_11_2024.csv text/csv 930.1 KB 04/29/2024 01:53:PM
ged201.csv text/csv 147 MB 04/29/2024 01:53:PM

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This project analyzes the relationship between weather shocks and civil conflict in Africa, along with the moderating effects of local and national wealth. This replication package includes the publicly available and distributable raw data along with code to transform the raw data, perform statistical analyses, and export results.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Climate; Conflict
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D74 Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
      O12 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
      Q54 Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Africa


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V1 [2024-05-20]

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