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Why Don't Democracies go to War?

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  • Coleman, Charles

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Cost-benefit analysis is applied to the choice of whether to go to war. The polar cases of autocracies and democracy are considered. Offensive and defensive wars are distinguished. Democracies are less likely to go to war.

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  • Coleman, Charles, 2004. "Why Don't Democracies go to War?," MPRA Paper 74742, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. Prathivadi Bhayankaram Anand, 2005. "Getting Infrastructure Priorities Right in Post-Conflict Reconstruction," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2005-42, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

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    Keywords

    war; rent-seeking; democracy; autocracy;
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    JEL classification:

    • F51 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Conflicts; Negotiations; Sanctions

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