National Borders, Conflict and Peace

Enrico Spolaore

No 2860, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: 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, and may form non-aggression pacts, military alliances, and political unions; and (c) discusses extensions and directions for further research.

Keywords: wars; alliances; conflict technology; defense; economies of scale; heterogeneity costs; secessions; size of nations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D74 F02 H10 H56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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