The Size of Polities in Historical Political Economy

Chiaki Moriguchi and Tuan-Hwee Sng

No 2022-02, CEI Working Paper Series from Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

Abstract: This paper is organized into four themes. We first appraise the views of historical thinkers in the East and West on the consequences of the size of polities. Next, we survey modern historical studies on the relationship between polity size and governance. We then discuss attempts to provide a unified framework on the causes and consequences of polity size. Finally, we explore how history can illuminate our understanding of the size of polities.

Keywords: Size of Nations; Country Size and Governance; Institutions and Growth; Comparative Institutional Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H1 N0 N4 N90 P48 P5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2022-08
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