Geoeconomics

Cathrin Mohr and Christoph Trebesch
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Cathrin Mohr: Department of Economics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Annual Review of Economics, 2025, vol. 17, issue 1, 563-587

Abstract: We review the literature on geoeconomics, defined as the field of study that links economics and geopolitics (in particular, in terms of power rivalry). We describe what geoeconomics is and which questions it addresses, focusing on five main subfields: (a) the use of geoeconomic policy tools such as sanctions and embargoes; (b) the geopolitics of international trade, especially work on coercion and fragmentation; (c) the geopolitics of international finance, which focuses on currency dominance and state-directed capital flows; (d) the literature on geopolitical risk and its spillovers to the domestic economy, for example, on investments, credit, and inflation; and (e) the economics of war, in particular research on trade and war and on military production. As geopolitical tensions grow, we expect the field to grow substantially in the coming years.

Keywords: war; sanctions; power; coercion; geopolitics; international finance; trade; geoeconomics; political economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D74 F13 F34 F50 F51 H56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1146/annurev-economics-092424-111952

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