Conflict, defense spending, and the number of nations

European Economic Review

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-120

  Alesina, Alberto ^a   Spolaore, Enrico ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borders; Conflict; Leviathans; Size of nations

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; DEFENSE SPENDING; INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT; MODELING; TERRITORIAL DELIMITATION;

EID: 28844472858     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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