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The connections between globalization and democracy are a classic question in international political economy and a … positive relationships running both ways between globalization and democracy, though exceptions obtain at particular times …
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causal impact of openness on democratization. A positive impact of openness on democracy is apparent from about 1895 onwards …We study whether international trade fosters democracy. The likely endogeneity between democracy and trade is addressed …. Late nineteenth century trade globalization may have helped generate the "first wave" of democratization. Between 1920 and …
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This paper addresses the interactions between globalization, the quality of democracy, and economic convergence using … simultaneous estimation techniques. To reflect process, we use multi-dimensional, de facto, and continuous measures of democracy … the income frontier. Using this measure of development, we extend the test for the two-way relationship between democracy …
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Military spending, fatalities, and the destruction of capital, all of which are immediately felt and are often large, are the most overt costs of war. They are also relatively short-lived. The costs of war borne by combatants and their caretakers, which includes families, communities, and the...
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System. Comparing to those in other duties around the world, deployment to Iraq/Afghanistan increases the odds of developing …
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The institutional arrangements governing the creation of money in the United States have changed dramatically since the Revolution. Yet beneath the surface the story of wartime money creation has remained much the same. During wars against minor powers, the government was able to fund the war by...
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The US Civil War ended in 1865 without the distribution of land or compensation to those formerly enslaved--a decision often seen as a cornerstone of racial inequality. We build a dataset to observe Black households' landholdings in 1880, a key component of their wealth, alongside a sample of...
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The War for Independence left the National Government deeply in debt. The spoils from winning that war also gave it an empire of land. So, post-1783, was the National Government solvent? Was its net asset position, land assets minus debt liabilities, positive or negative? Evidence is gathered to...
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Urban economies are often heavily reliant on a small number of dominant industries, leaving them vulnerable to negative industry-specific shocks. This paper analyzes the long-run impacts of one such event: the large, temporary, and industry-specific shock to the British cotton textile industry...
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Does foreign military assistance strengthen or further weaken fragile states facing internal conflict? Aid may strengthen the state by bolstering its repressive capacity vis-à-vis armed non-state actors, or weaken it if resources are diverted to these very groups. We examine how U.S. military...
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