Producing Goods and Projecting Power

How What You Make Influences What You Take

Bibliographic Data

ID6284065
AuthorsJonathan N Markowitz (0000-0001-7429-8397, University of Southern California, corresponding author), Jonathan Markowitz (0000-0002-0987-0761, School of International Relations, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA), Christopher J Fari (0000-0001-9837-186X, University of Michigan), Christopher Fari, Christopher Fariss (Center for Political Studies (CPS), Institute for Social Research, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA), R Blake Mcmahon (0000-0002-6943-3520, Maxwell Air Force Base)
Year2019
Volume63
Issue6
Pages1368-1402
Publication date2019-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022002718789735
OpenAlexW2888096660
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited58

How does a state’s source of wealth condition the domain in which it seeks to project influence? We argue that what a state makes conditions what they take. Specifically, the less states rely on land rents to acquire wealth, the less interested they will be in seeking control over territory and the more interested they will be in securing access to distant markets. We develop and test several observable implications that should follow whether this proposition is true. First, as states become less economically dependent on territory, they should be less likely to fight over territory; second, those states should be more likely to both invest in power projection capabilities and subsequently project power at greater distances. Our findings support our theory. These results are robust across a variety of model specifications that take into account potential confounds, such as regime type, economic development, threat, and geography

Business · Economics · Industrial organization · Power (physics · Political Conflict and Governance · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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