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- Title
US Food Aid and Civil Conflict<sup>†</sup>.
- Abstract
We study the effect of US food aid on conflict in recipient countries. Our analysis exploits time variation in food aid shipments due to changes in US wheat production and cross-sectional variation in a country's tendency to receive any US food aid. According to our estimates, an increase in US food aid increases the incidence and duration of civil conflicts, but has no robust effect on interstate conflicts or the onset of civil conflicts. We also provide suggestive evidence that the effects are most pronounced in countries with a recent history of civil conflict. (JEL D74, F35, O17, O19, Q11, Q18)
- Subjects
FOOD relief; WHEAT trade; CIVIL war; AMERICAN humanitarian assistance; AMERICAN food relief; VIOLENCE; DEVELOPING countries
- Publication
American Economic Review, 2014, Vol 104, Issue 6, p1630
- ISSN
0002-8282
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1257/aer.104.6.1630