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This survey explores some of the institutional and political factors that set the underlying conditions for the emergence of conflict. The political economy perspective offered here differs from other important surveys and analyses of the same topic, which have focused on the ethnic dimensions...
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At least since 1750 when Baron de Montesquieu declared “peace is the natural effect of trade,” a number of economists … and political scientists espoused the notion that trade among nations leads to peace. Employing resources more efficiently … than non-democratic dyads, democracies cooperate with each other relatively more, thereby explaining the “democratic peace …
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interdependence significantly promotes peace. It also suggests that the peace-promotion effect of bilateral trade integration is … bilateral trade but global trade openness also significantly promotes peace. It shows, however, that an increase in global trade … sharing borders. The main finding of the peace-promotion effect of bilateral and global trade integration holds robust when …
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interdependence significantly promotes peace. It also suggests that the peace-promotion effect of bilateral trade integration is … bilateral trade but global trade openness also significantly promotes peace. It shows, however, that an increase in global trade … interdependence but also global trade integration. The main finding of the peace-promotion effect of bilateral and global trade …
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interdependence and global trade openness significantly promotes peace. It also suggests that the effect of trade openness varies … depending on the geographical proximity of countries. The peace-promotion effect of bilateral trade integration is significantly … only bilateral trade interdependence but also multilateral trade integration. The main finding of the peace …
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conflict; on the linkages between agriculture, food security, and conflict; on the role of technology for peace; and on the …
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other, and subsequently, all three countries select their import tariffs. We show that PTAs produce both a "peace …-creation " and a " peace-diversion" effect, whereby they reduce the likelihood of confl ict between member countries (peace creation …), but could render the eruption of war between member and non-member countries more likely (peace diversion). This paper is …
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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 …
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under the threat of war. We characterize the conditions under which peace is stable and show that, depending on war …
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We develop a theory of interstate conflict in which the degree of genealogical relatedness between populations has a positive effect on their conflict propensities because more closely related populations, on average, tend to interact more and develop more disputes over sets of common issues. We...
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