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Spolaore, Enrico - 2009

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 framework where populations fight over borders and resources,...

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The economics of political borders

Spolaore, Enrico - 2012

This paper presents concepts from economic analysis that shed light on the formation and breakup of sovereign states. First, we discuss the key trade-off between economies of scale in the provision of public goods and political costs from heterogeneity of preferences. Second, we present four...

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Domestic political survival and international conflict: Is democracy good for peace?

Baliga, Sandeep; Lucca, David; Sjostrom, Tomas - 2009

non-hostile country. The result is a non-monotonic relationship between democracy and peace. Using the Polity IV dataset … War data suggest that limited democracies are more aggressive than other regime types, including dictatorships, and not … regime types). Thus, while full democratization might advance the cause of peace, limited democratization might advance the …

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Does conflict disrupt growth? Evidence of the relationship between political instability and national economic performance

Polachek, Solomon W.; Sevastianova, Daria - 2010

variables. This study draws on conflict variables from the Correlates of War (COW) project to ask a critical question: How do … different types of conflict affect country growth rates? It finds that wars slow the economy. Estimates indicate that civil war …

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How opportunity costs decrease the probability of war in an incomplete information game

Polachek, Solomon W.; Xiang, Jun - 2008

probability of war in an incomplete information game. This result is strongly consistent with existing empirical analyses of the …

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Economic Costs of Mass Violent Conflicts: Final Report for the Small Arms Survey, Geneva, Switzerland

Bozzoli, Carlos; Brück, Tilman; Drautzburg, Thorsten; … - 2008

This paper provides a critical analysis of the possible methods, data sources and the existing results of the field of 'the economic costs of mass violent conflict' by identifying strengths and weaknesses of the existing literature. The report evaluates content, methods, and data sources of the...

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Country Size and Public Good Provision

Staal, Klaas - 2004

This paper studies the equilibrium size of countries. Individuals in smallcountries have greater influence over the nature of political decision mak-ing while individuals in large countries have the advantage of more publicgoods and lower tax rates. The model implies that (i) there exists...

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Government spending volatility and the size of nations

Furceri, Davide; Poplawski Ribeiro, Marcos - 2008

This paper provides empirical evidence showing that smaller countries tend to have more volatile government spending for a sample of 160 countries from 1960 to 2000. We argue that the larger size of a country decreases the volatility of government spending because it acts as an insurance against...

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Implications of country size and trade openness for euro area enlargement

Sánchez, Marcelo - In: CESifo Forum 07 (2006) 4, pp. 11-16

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How Outsourcing Affects Bilateral Political Relations

Polachek, Solomon W. - 2004

Montesquieu in his L?Esprit des Lois, argued, ?peace is the natural effect of trade.? This paper first reviews this literature and …

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