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Rainfall and conflict: A cautionary tale
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sarsons, H.
- Venue
- Journal of Development Economics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-07
- Volume
- 115
- Pages
- 62-72
- ISSN
- 0304-3878 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2084597504
- Cited by
- 186
- References
- 4
- FWCI
- 49.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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