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Annexation or Conquest? The Economics of Empire Building / Herschel I. Grossman, Juan Mendoza.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grossman, Herschel I.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w8109.
- NBER working paper series no. w8109
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2001.
- Summary:
- This paper develops an economic theory of empire building. This theory addresses the choice among three strategies that empire builders historically have used. We call these strategies Uncoerced Annexation, Coerced Annexation, and Attempted Conquest. The theory shows how the choice among these strategies depends on such factors as the economic gains from imperial expansion, the relative effectiveness of imperial armies, the costs of projecting imperial military power, and liquidity constraints on financing imperial armies. This theory also addresses the scope of imperial ambitions. The paper uses examples from the history of the Roman, Mongol, Ottoman, and Nazi German empires to illustrate the applicability of the theory.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- February 2001.
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