The reasons for wars: An updated survey

The Handbook on the Political Economy of War

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 34-57

  Jackson, Matthew O ^a,b,c   Morelli, Massimo ^d,e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

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