TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Iyigun, Murat
AU  - Nunn, Nathan
AU  - Qian, Nancy
        TI  - The Long-Run Effects of Agricultural Productivity on Conflict, 1400-1900
        PY  - 2017/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 11189
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp11189
        AB  - This paper provides evidence of the long-run effects of a permanent increase in agricultural productivity on conflict. We construct a newly digitized and geo-referenced dataset of battles in Europe, the Near East and North Africa covering the period between 1400 and 1900 CE. For variation in permanent improvements in agricultural productivity, we exploit the introduction of potatoes from the Americas to the Old World after the Columbian Exchange. We find that the introduction of potatoes permanently reduced conflict for roughly two centuries. The results are driven by a reduction in civil conflicts.
        KW  - conflict
KW  - natural resources
KW  - long-run development
        ER  -