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Annexation or Conquest? the Economics of Empire Building
Grossman, Herschel I.; Mendoza, Juan - 2021
the history of the Roman, Mongol, Ottoman, and Nazi German empires to illustrate the applicability of the theory …This paper develops an economic theory of empire building. This theory addresses the choice among three strategies that … Conquest. The theory shows how the choice among these strategies depends on such factors as the economic gains from imperial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013244884
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Annexation or Conquest? The Economics of Empire Building
Grossman, Herschel I. - 2001
the history of the Roman, Mongol, Ottoman, and Nazi German empires to illustrate the applicability of the theory …This paper develops an economic theory of empire building. This theory addresses the choice among three strategies that … Conquest. The theory shows how the choice among these strategies depends on such factors as the economic gains from imperial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470620
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The sustainability of empire in global perspective : the role of international trade patterns
Bonfatti, Roberto - 2012
European empires had two key economic aspects: the extraction of colonial wealth by colonizers, and the relevance of trade for the colonial economies. I build a simple model of decolonization that puts these two elements at centre stage. By controlling policy in the colony, the mother country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009570582
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When Hegemony Fails : British Imperialism in India and Brazil from the Nineteenth to the Early Twentieth Centuries
McIntyre, Michael - 2015
This paper argues that empires in the age of nations are beset by cultural contradictions that undermine attempts to create a cohesive social bloc able to achieve hegemonic rule. The proposition is tested through an examination of the British Empire in the nineteenth and early twentieth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013038249
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Sovereign debt diplomacies : rethinking sovereign debt from colonial empires to hegemony
Pénet, Pierre (ed.); Flores Zendejas, Juan (ed.) - 2021
history, from the building of empires to the decolonisation era. Second, this volume reflects critically on the relevance of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013488802
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Pacific strife : the great powers and their political and economic rivaltries in Asia and the Western Pacific 1870 - 1914
Dijk, Kees van - 2015
Steam and Istmus canals -- Planters, traders and labour in the South Pacific -- Fiji: the start of Anglo-German rivalry in the Pacific -- The Somoa conflict -- Germany enters the colonial race -- The New Guinea protectorates -- Great Britain, Russia and the Central Asian question -- Samoa...
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Conflict, evolution, hegemony, and the power of the State
Levine, David K.; Modica, Salvatore - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009768043
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A model of the international monetary system
Farhi, Emmanuel; Maggiori, Matteo - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011494968
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A Model of the International Monetary System
Farhi, Emmanuel - 2016
We propose a simple model of the international monetary system. We study the world supply and demand for reserve assets denominated in different currencies under a variety of scenarios: a Hegemon vs. a multipolar world; abundant vs. scarce reserve assets; a gold exchange standard vs. a floating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012990769
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A Model of the International Monetary System
Farhi, Emmanuel - 2016
We propose a simple model of the international monetary system. We study the world supply and demand for reserve assets denominated in different currencies under a variety of scenarios: a Hegemon vs. a multipolar world; abundant vs. scarce reserve assets; a gold exchange standard vs. a floating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012993040