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| 100 | 1 | _aAllen, Treb. | |
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_aThe Topography of Nations / _cTreb Allen. |
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_aCambridge, Mass. _bNational Bureau of Economic Research _c2023. |
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_aNBER working paper series _vno. w31795 |
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| 500 | _aOctober 2023. | ||
| 520 | 3 | _aHow does the interplay of geography and political-economic forces affect the shape of nations? This paper presents a quantitative framework for characterizing the equilibrium evolution of national boundaries in a world with a rich geography. The framework delivers simple equilibrium conditions based on the efficient transportation of resources that arise from disparate political economic micro-foundations. I characterize the existence, uniqueness, and efficiency of the equilibrium and provide a simple algorithm for its calculation. When combined with detailed spatial geography data from Europe, the equilibrium conditions well approximate observed borders, and the framework is able to successfully predict the evolution of national boundaries and resulting conflict over the past millennia. Finally, I apply the framework to ask how the changing spatial distribution of resources arising from climate change may alter European borders in the future, finding that the Crimean peninsula and surrounding area is especially susceptible. | |
| 530 | _aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers | ||
| 538 | _aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files. | ||
| 538 | _aMode of access: World Wide Web. | ||
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_aTransportation Economics _2jelc |
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| 710 | 2 | _aNational Bureau of Economic Research. | |
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_aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) _vno. w31795. |
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| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w31795 |
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_yAcceso en línea al DOI _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w31795 |
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