This paper reviews the economics approach to conflict and national borders. The paper (a) provides a summary of ideas … and concepts from the economics literature on the size of nations; (b) illustrates them within a simple analytical …"This paper reviews the economics approach to conflict and national borders. The paper provides a summary of ideas and …

equilibrium if all countries are democracies. Three key findings emerge. First, the perpetual peace equilibrium hypothesized by … exist with a positive war frequency. Third, if multiple equilibria exist, the perpetual peace equilibrium may be unstable in …

over an insecure portion of their combined output, we study the choice between a peace agreement that maintains the status … quo without arming (or unarmed peace) and open conflict (or war) that is possibly destructive. With a focus on outcomes … effects, the degree of output security and the initial distribution of resources, peace can, but need not necessarily, emerge …

in the shadow of arming and the threat of war. In this setting, we characterize the conditions under which peace arises …. Even when the gains from trade are relatively small, peace might be sustainable, but only for more uneven endowment …

This articles investigates the recent trends in co-authorship in economics. Using data from more than 700.000 journal …

matter of course that economics should become a natural science. Such a characterization misses an essential aspect of a …

Awards play a large role in the economics profession, which is documented by the large variety and number of awards …. However, little scientific attention has been devoted to them. This paper documents the prevalence of awards in the economics … profession and analyzes the number and type of awards received by the 1,200 leading economists included in Who's Who in Economics …

data ; economics profession …