Globalization and political structure

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• dc.contributor.author Gancia, Gino A.
• dc.contributor.author Ponzetto, Giacomo A. M.
• dc.contributor.author Ventura, Jaume
• dc.date.accessioned 2022-07-06T10:48:22Z
• dc.date.available 2022-07-06T10:48:22Z
• dc.date.issued 2022
• dc.description Supplemental material files: online appendix; replication files
• dc.description.abstract This paper develops a theoretical framework to study the interaction between globalization and political structure. We show that political structure adapts in a non-monotonic way to declining transport costs. Borders hamper trade. At an earlier stage, the political response to expanding trade opportunities consists of removing borders by increasing country size. At a later stage, instead, it consists of removing the cost of borders by creating international unions. This leads to a reduction in country size. Moreover, diplomacy replaces conquest as a tool to ensure market access. These predictions are consistent with historical evidence on trade, territorial changes, and membership of international unions.
• dc.description.sponsorship We acknowledge financial support from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (StG-240989-GOPG, AdG-693512-GEPPS and StG-714905-CITIZINGLOBAL); the Agencia Estatal de Investigacion (MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033: RYC-2013-13838, SEV-2015-0563, CEX2019-000915-S and PID2019-111691RA-I00); the Generalitat de Catalunya through CERCA, the Institut d’Estudis Autonomics and the SGR Programme (2014-SGR-830 and 2017-SGR-1393); and the Leverhulme Trust through a 2019 Research Fellowship.
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• dc.identifier.citation Gancia G, Ponzetto GAM, Ventura J. Globalization and political structure. Journal of the European Economic Association. 2022 Jun;20(3):1276-310. DOI: 10.1093/jeea/jvac019
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvac019
• dc.identifier.issn 1542-4766
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/53688
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Oxford University Press
• dc.relation.ispartof Journal of the European Economic Association. 2022 Jun;20(3):1276-310
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP/240989
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/693512
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/714905
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/SEV-2015-0563
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/CEX2019-000915-S
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PID2019-111691RA-I00
• dc.rights © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of European Economic Association. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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• dc.subject.other Globalització -- Aspectes polítics
• dc.subject.other Globalització
• dc.subject.other Fronteres
• dc.subject.other Comerç
• dc.title Globalization and political structure
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