aftermath of major wars. Motivated by this fact, we offer a theory of political transitions which focuses on the impact of … Revolution, are an effective military organization only if the conscripted citizens are willing to put effort in fighting wars … through the extension of franchise. This is because democracy always implements a highly redistributive fiscal policy, which …

aftermath of major wars. Motivated by this fact, we offer a theory of political transitions which focuses on the impact of … Revolution, are an effective military organization only if the conscripted citizens are willing to put effort in fighting wars … through the extension of franchise. This is because democracy always implements a highly redistributive fiscal policy, which …

conflicts. Trade and democracy are traditionally thought of as goods, both in themselves, and because they reduce the …Wars are increasingly frequent, and the trend has been steadily upward since 1870. The main tradition of Western … been closely associated with the spread of democracy and increasing commercial openness, as well as the number of bilateral …

gravity model, we estimate the contemporaneous and lagged effects of wars on the trade of belligerent nations and neutrals …, controlling for other determinants of trade. We find large and persistent impacts of wars on trade, and hence on national and … economic activity, especially international trade. Yet nothing is known empirically about these effects in large samples. We …

of democratic transition. To assess the correlation between CPEC development and quality of democracy, the paper applies … control of the military is interpreted as a prerequisite for democracy, the CPEC development is undermining the process of …

conflicts. Trade and democracy are traditionally thought of as goods, both in themselves, and because they reduce the …Wars are increasingly frequent, and the trend has been steadily upward since 1870. The main tradition of Western … been closely associated with the spread of democracy and increasing commercial openness, as well as the number of bilateral …

In this paper we extend the well known "agreeing-to-disagree" and "no-trade" results from economics and game theory to …