This paper investigates the effect of trade integration on military conflict. Our empirical analysis,based on a large … in global trade openness reduces the probability of conflict more for countries far apart from each other than it does … for countries sharing borders. The results also show that military conflict between countries significantly reduces not …

We investigate the effect of trade integration on interstate military conflict. Our empirical analysis, based on a … significantly higher for contiguous countries that are likely to experience more conflict. More importantly, we find that not only … openness reduces the probability of interstate conflict more for countries far apart from each other than it does for countries …

income. We explain this process of democratization as a rational way for incumbent elites to wage war effectively on other … nations, as in a strategic game of international conflict handing over military spending decisions to citizens who face a …

political unions; and (c) discusses extensions and directions for further research. -- wars ; alliances ; conflict technology … populations engage in conflict over borders and resources, and may form non-aggression pacts, military alliances, and political …This paper reviews the economics approach to conflict and national borders. The paper (a) provides a summary of ideas …

This paper reviews the economics approach to conflict and national borders. The paper (a) provides a summary of ideas … framework where populations fight over borders and resources, and may form non-aggression pacts, military alliances, and …

We survey selected parts of the growing literature on the microeconomics of violent conflict, identifying where … review on the role of civilian agency in conflict; on wartime institutions; and on the private sector in conflict. Future … research requires new and better sources of data on conflict and conflict impacts, including from household surveys in conflict …

We study trade imbalances between world countries in the period 1960-2000 using a complex-network approach. We show … imbalance networks. Our main finding is that the evolution of the international trade has caused very heterogeneous imbalances … in world economies, which may have important consequences for global instability and development. -- Trade Imbalances …

network) that are unrealistic for most economic networks like the World Trade Web (WTW). In this paper we study the evolution … important implications of these findings for international-trade models. -- World Trade Web ; Null Models of Networks ; Complex …In all empirical-network studies, the observed properties of economic networks are informative only if compared with a …