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Harrison, Mark (2008) The frequency of wars. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (Number 879).
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Wars are increasingly frequent, and the trend has been steadily upward since 1870. The main tradition of Western political and philosophical thought suggests that extensive economic globalization and democratization over this period should have reduced appetites for war far below their current level. This view is clearly incomplete : at best, confounding factors are at work. Trade and democracy are traditionally thought of as goods, both in themselves, and because they reduce the willingness to go to war, conditional on the national capacity to do so. The same factors may also have been increasing the capacity to wage war, and so its frequency.We need better understanding of how to promote these goods without incurring adverse side-effects on world peace.
Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions U Military Science > U Military Science (General) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | War -- Economic aspects, Business and politics, Democracy -- Economic aspects, National security -- Finance, Military history, Modern | ||||
Series Name: | Warwick economic research papers | ||||
Publisher: | University of Warwick, Department of Economics | ||||
Place of Publication: | Coventry | ||||
Official Date: | 1 December 2008 | ||||
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Number: | Number 879 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 15 | ||||
Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Version or Related Resource: | Harrison, M. and Wolf, N. (2011). The frequency of wars. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: Department of Economics, University of Warwick. (CAGE Online Working Paper Series, No.38). http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/57585 | ||||
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