Globalization and political structure
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- dc.contributor.author Gancia, Gino
- dc.contributor.author Ponzetto, Giacomo A. M.
- dc.contributor.author Ventura, Jaume
- dc.contributor.other Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa
- dc.date.accessioned 2024-11-14T10:09:45Z
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- dc.date.issued 2016-08-01
- dc.date.modified 2024-11-14T10:05:09Z
- 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.
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- dc.identifier https://econ-papers.upf.edu/ca/paper.php?id=1513
- dc.identifier.citation Journal of the European Economic Association, 20 (3), 2022, 1276-1310
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/26843
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.relation.ispartofseries Economics and Business Working Papers Series; 1513
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- dc.subject.keyword globalization
- dc.subject.keyword political structure
- dc.subject.keyword size of countries
- dc.subject.keyword international unions.
- dc.subject.keyword Macroeconomics and International Economics
- dc.title Globalization and political structure
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