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Spolaore, Enrico - 2009

This paper reviews the economics approach to conflict and national borders. The paper provides a summary of ideas and concepts from the economics literature on the size of nations; illustrates them within an analytical framework where populations engage in conflict over borders and resources,...

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The Myth of the Frontier

García Jimeno, Camilo; Robinson, James Alan - 2009

One of the most salient explanations for the distinctive path of economic and political development of the United States is captured by the 'Frontier (or Turner) thesis'. Turner argued that it was the presence of the open frontier which explained why the United States became democratic and, at...

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International Conflict, Defense Spending and the Size of Countries

Alesina, Alberto - 1996

between smaller countries may increase as a result of the break-up of larger countries. Third, the size of the peace divided …

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Size Really Doesn't Matter : In Search of a National Scale Effect

Rose, Andrew K. - 2006

I search for a "scale" effect in countries. I use a panel data set that includes 200 countries over forty years and link the population of a country to a host of economic and social phenomena. Using both graphical and statistical techniques, I search for an impact of size on the level of income,...

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Trade, Domestic Frictions, and Scale Effects

Ramondo, Natalia - 2012

Because of scale effects, idea-based growth models have the counterfactual implication that larger countries should be much richer than smaller ones. New trade models share this same problematic feature: although small countries gain more from trade than large ones, this is not strong enough to...

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The Topography of Nations

Allen, Treb - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

How does the interplay of geography and political-economic forces affect the shape of nations? This paper presents a quantitative framework for characterizing the equilibrium evolution of national boundaries in a world with a rich geography. The framework delivers simple equilibrium conditions...

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Peace and War in Territorial Disputes

Grossman, Herschel I. - 2004

) their payoffs from a peaceful settlement are larger than their expected payoffs from a default to war, and (2) their … defending and counterattacking, the divisibility of the contested territory, the possibility of recurring war, the depreciation …

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Choosing Between Peace and War

Grossman, Herschel I. - 2003

Although most disputes between groups of people are settled peacefully, sometimes disputes result in war. This lecture … have to contend, and on the permanence of the outcome of a potential war. The lecture also contrasts the possibilities for …

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Colonial New Jersey's Provincial Fiscal Structure, 1709-1775 : Spending Obligations, Revenue Sources, and Tax Burdens in War and in Peace

Grubb, Farley - 2015

The spending obligations and revenue sources of colonial New Jersey's provincial government for the years 1704 through 1775 are reconstituted using forensic accounting techniques from primary sources. Such has not been done previously for any British North American colony. These data are used to...

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War in Iraq versus Containment

Davis, Steven J. - 2006

security analysts. Our analysis also indicates that war and forcible regime change will yield large improvements in the …We consider three questions related to the choice between war in Iraq and a continuation of the pre-war containment … war more or less costly for the United States than containment? Second, compared to war and forcible regime change, would …

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