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A Diamond Curse?: Civil War and a Lootable Resource

Lujala, Päivi, Gleditsch, Nils Petter, Gilmore, Elisabeth·2005·Journal of Conflict Resolution

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While territory, oil, and water are frequently mentioned as resources likely to promote interstate conflict, diamonds have emerged as a prominent factor in explanations of civil war. In this article, the authors report on a new database on diamond deposits and production and analyze the relationship between diamonds and armed conflict incidence. They find a strong bivariate relationship between diamonds (particularly secondary diamonds) and the onset of civil war. Adding diamond dummies to standard models of civil war, the results are more mixed. The production of secondary diamonds increases the risk of onset of ethnic war, but not other types of war. The authors find evidence that secondary diamonds are positively related to the incidence of civil war, especially in countries divided along ethnic lines. Primary diamonds, on the other hand, make ethnic war onset and incidence less likely. The authors also find that the impact of diamonds has been substantially stronger in the post-cold war era.

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Authors: Lujala, P., Gleditsch, N. P., & Gilmore, E.
Affiliations: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
ORCID: Lujala, Päivi
Gleditsch, Nils Petter
Gilmore, Elisabeth
Venue: Journal of Conflict Resolution
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2005-08
Volume: 49
Issue: 4
Pages: 538-562
ISSN: 0022-0027 (ISSN-L)
1552-8766
DOI: 10.1177/0022002705277548
OpenAlex: W1972474624
Cited by: 476
References: 49
Citations by year: 2026: 8 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 22 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 26 · 2015: 21 · 2014: 39 · 2013: 33 · 2012: 21
FWCI: 34.03
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Journal of Conflict Resolution (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › General Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Natural Resources and Economic Development
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Peacebuilding and International Security
Keywords: diamond, civil war onset, ethnic conflict, armed conflict, conflict diamonds, ethnic divisions, post-Cold War, resource curse

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