Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/259452 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Citation: 
[Journal:] Latin American Economic Review [ISSN:] 2196-436X [Volume:] 29 [Issue:] 1 [Article No.:] 2 [Publisher:] Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica (CIDE) [Place:] Ciudad de México [Year:] 2020 [Pages:] 1-15
Publisher: 
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica (CIDE), Ciudad de México
Abstract: 
Using firm-level data for five countries in Latin America we find a negative and statistically significant link between social conflict in rural areas and ownership of mines. This result suggests that the social conflict around mining projects can affect strategic firm behavior intended to diversify risk in the face of social, political and financial pressures. It constitutes evidence that the costs of social conflict can be considered a serious challenge for firms and diverges from the literature which has generally viewed these costs as relatively unimportant to investment decisions. We apply broad sensitivity tests and find that this is robust. Our results also hold to a formal test of changes in specification.
Subjects: 
Ownership
Investment
Social Conflict
Latin America
Mining
Causality
JEL: 
O13
Q30
J50
H00
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Document Type: 
Article

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