Borders, Conflict, and Trade

Trade Concentration and Interstate Conflict

Existing studies of the trade-conflict relationship focus primarily on dyadic trade and its implications for the opportunity cost of conflict. Most states maintain economic relations with numerous partners, yet few studies have examined the effects of extradyadic trade on dyadic conflict. In an influential discussion of economic interdependence, Albert Hirschman ([1945] 1980) draws attention to...

: International Trade and Political Conflict

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Three Essays on Trade Costs and National Borders

of Thesis Individuals of the same country buy and sell from each other far more than they do with individuals of a different country. A cost is associated with exchanging goods and service across national boundaries. Economists have had diffi culty, however, in reconciling the small observable trade frictions with the very large trade reducing effect of borders. In the first chapter of this the...

Geographic Proximity, Trade and International Conflict/Cooperation

Geographic Proximity, Trade and International Conflict/Cooperation This paper examines the interactive effect of distance and trade on international conflict and cooperation. The effect of geographic distance depends on trade, while the effect of trade varies with geographic distance. Trade reduces conflict to a greater extent when dyads are geographically close, but has a greater effect on coo...

Can Increased Trade Prevent Conflict with China?