The Wealth and Size of Nations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6284912 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald Wittman (0000-0002-1073-4345, University of California, Santa Cruz, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 868-884 |
| Publication date | 2000-12-01 |
| 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 | 10.1177/0022002700044006010 |
| OpenAlex | W2049960682 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 8 |
This article provides a general theory explaining the geographic and population size and wealth of nations. Successful countries create conditions for high productivity in the economic sphere by enforcing property rights and providing social overhead capital and at the same time minimize political costs by creating a system of rules that reduce influence costs and allow for diverse preferences. Countries also need an effective military apparatus to protect their wealth from predation by other countries. Success in these endeavors may lead to immigration and geographical expansion, but an inability to meet these goals may lead to extensive emigration or breakup of the country. The argument is done within the context of a formal model that integrates spatial political costs with the benefits of spatially determined economic production and the effect of coercive transfers. The analysis is used to provide insight into secessions and mergers of nation-states
Argument (complex analysis · Capital (architecture · Context (archaeology · Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Emigration · Immigration · Microeconomics · Political science · Politics · Population · Productivity · Property rights · Public economics · Sociology · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Politics, Economics, and Education Policy
Inherent and Contemporary Challenges to African Security
National Borders and the Size of Nations
Anarchy
Small states and the EU
Principles of Conflict Economics
Economics of Kashmir Confict
What drives pro-EU preferences? Territorial identities, immigration and redistribution attitudes
Natural Disasters and the Size of Nations
Storm autocracies”
The Europhile Fringe
Unraveling Secessions
Economic Analysis of Conflict
On the Size and Shape of African States1
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2026 (27) |
| Highly cited | No |