The authors model the duration of large-scale, violent civil conflicts, applying hazard functions to a comprehensive data set on such conflicts for the period 1960-99. They find that the duration of conflicts is determined by a substantially different set of variables than those that determine their initiation. The duration of conflict increases substantially if the society is composed of a few large ethnic groups, if there is extensive forest cover...
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2001/09/30
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS2681
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2010/07/01
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On the duration of civil war
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duration of conflict