Rebels Don’t Want All the Natural Resources: Insights from the novel Global Energy and Mineral Resource Dataset (GEMRoaD)

• In Event: Natural Resources and Violent Conflict

Brief Overview

Introducing a novel dataset, I replicate exisitng findings and test a new theory of rebel strategic calculations I find support for the dataset's utility and new insights into natural resources' role in intrastate conflict.

Author

• Christina A. Boyes, University of Colorado Boulder