Borrowing Support for War
The Effect of War Finance on Public Attitudes toward Conflict
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6285378 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gustavo Flores-Macías (0000-0002-5285-3852, Cornell University, corresponding author), Gustavo A Flores-Macías (Cornell University), Sarah E Krep (0000-0002-0924-4234, Cornell University), Sarah E Kreps (Cornell University) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 997-1020 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-01 |
| 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 | 10.1177/0022002715600762 |
| OpenAlex | W2338399393 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 43 |
| References cited | 70 |
How does the way states finance wars affect public support for conflict? Most existing research has focused on costs as casualties rather than financial burdens, and arguments that do speak to the cost in treasure either minimize potential differences between the two main forms of war finance—debt and taxes—or imply that war taxes do not dent support for war among a populace rallying around the fiscal flag. Using original experiments conducted in the United States and the United Kingdom, we evaluate the relationship between war finance and support for war. We find that how states finance wars has an important effect on support for war and that the gap in support resulting from different modes of war finance holds across the main democracies engaging in conflict, regardless of the type of war or individuals’ party identification. The findings have important implications for theories of democratic accountability in wartime and the conduct of conflict, since borrowing shields the public from the direct costs of war and in turn reduces opposition to it, giving leaders greater latitude in how they carry out war
Accountability · Debt · Economics · Military operations other than war · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public finance · Spanish Civil War · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Finance · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Citation velocity | current |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 43 |