Armed Conflict and the Location of Extractive Foreign Direct Investment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10071860 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gyu Sang Shim (0000-0002-2776-5340, The University of Texas at Dallas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Publication date | 2025-09-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00220027251383439 |
| OpenAlex | W4414636058 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 48 |
Despite the link between resource wealth and conflict, some mining regions experience intense violence while others remain relatively peaceful. This paper argues that foreign ownership of mines restrains armed conflict near mining facilities. The potential for intervention by the home governments of foreign miners discourages rebel attacks. Using a staggered difference-in-differences design with georeferenced conflict and mining facility data from 1998 to 2010, the analysis shows a reduction in armed conflict following the entry of foreign miners. The military expenditure of the foreign miner’s home country further strengthens this restraining effect, highlighting the protective role of foreign ownership
International Development and Aid · Mining and Resource Management · Natural Resources and Economic Development
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Military Interventions in Civil Wars
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Human Capital and FDI Inflow
Sustaining the Peace
The Continued Importance of Geographic Distance and Boulding's Loss of Strength Gradient
Mining amid armed conflict
Corporate Power and Expansive U.S. Military Policy
Natural Resources, Conflict, and Conflict Resolution
The Tyranny of Distance
Economic Growth, Civil Wars, and Spatial Spillovers
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Sensitivity Analysis of Empirical Results on Civil War Onset
Foreign Aid as a Signal to Investors
War and the World Economy
Third-party Interventions and the Duration of Intrastate Conflicts
Going in When it Counts
International Law, Territorial Disputes, and Foreign Direct Investment
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Rethinking the Resource Curse
The political ecology of war
Introducing the UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset
The Geography of Civil War
The Geopolitical economy of 'resource wars
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |