Rules over Real Estate
Trade, Territorial Conflict, and International Borders as Institution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6283752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Beth A Simmons (0000-0001-8207-713X, Department of Government Harvard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 823-848 |
| Publication date | 2005-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022002705281349 |
| OpenAlex | W2002065917 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 81 |
| References cited | 61 |
Territorial disputes between governments generate a significant amount of uncertainty for economic actors. Settled boundary agreements produce benefits to economic agents on both sides of the border. These qualities of borders are missed both by realists, who view territorial conflicts in overly zero-sum terms, and globalists, who claim borders are increasingly irrelevant. Settled borders help to secure property rights, signal much greater jurisdictional and policy certainty, and thereby reduce the transactions costs associated with international economic transactions. The plausibility of this claim is examined by showing that territorial disputes involve significant economic opportunity costs in the form of foregone bilateral trade. Theories of territorial politics should take into account the possibility of such joint gains in their models of state dispute behavior
Boundary (topology · Business · Certainty · Economics · Law and economics · Microeconomics · Political science · Politics · Property (philosophy · Property rights · Real estate · State (computer science · Economic Zones and Regional Development · Finance · Global trade and economics · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization
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Bridging politics and projects
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Citizen preferences about border arrangements in divided societies
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Peaceful Dispute Resolution by Authoritarian Regimes
Geography and international relations theorizing
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Border Rules
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The Security of Northeast Asia
Bordering and scaling Northeast Asia
The International Border Agreements Dataset
Can you trust a dictator
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Unexpected Companions
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The temporal dynamics of new international borders
Roads, rails, and checkpoints
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Border Settlement Dynamics and Border Status Quo
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Economic origins of border fortifications
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Endogenous Colonial Borders
US Military Deployment and Its Effects on South Korea's Politics and Economy
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Shaping the world economy
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Governments, Globalization, and International Business
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Rival States, Rival Firms
The Regionalization of the World Economy
Global financial integration
Modernity at large
The rise of the trading state
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Debordering the World of States
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| Citations per year | 4,26 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 80 |