Let Them Eat Cake: Marginal Effects of the El Niño Southern Oscillation on Intra-State Conflict
Description
There is growing public concern about the implications of climate change for natural processes, such as the melting of ice at the poles, but less clear are the implications for food production. Famine and conflict have a long and complicated history, made increasingly complicated by the intricate global food system. In this paper, I explore the effect of increasingly severe El Niño Southern Oscillation cycles on conflict in an effort to determine how abnormal climate patterns affect food security and, indirectly, conflict. I use a non-linear probit model to analyze the relationship between several binary conflict variables and food supply.
Date Created
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2016-12
Agent
- Author (aut): Woner, Hannah Marie
- Thesis director: Schoellman, Todd
- Committee member: Ripley, Charles
- Contributor (ctb): Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
- Contributor (ctb): Economics Program in CLAS
- Contributor (ctb): School of Politics and Global Studies
- Contributor (ctb): Barrett, The Honors College