<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>13</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spolaore, Enrico</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alesina, Alberto</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Conflict, Defense Spending and the Number of Nations</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">!I-Archive-CRInfo</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2000</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2000/07/01/</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/eecrev/v50y2006i1p91-120.html</style></url></web-urls></urls><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This paper provides a formal model of endogenous border formation and of choice of defense spending in a world with international conflict. The model is consistent with three observations. First, break-up of countries should follow a reduction in the likelihood of international conflicts. Second, the number of regional conflicts between smaller countries may increase as a result of the break-up of larger countries. Third, the size of the peace dividend --i.e., the reduction in the defense spending in a more peaceful world - is limited by the process of country break-up.</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Political Conflicts Internal to One Nation, International Conflicts, General Audiences, Peace Processes, Other Approaches to Conflict, Research, Scholars or Researchers, Educators, Students, Articles, Educational Institution, defense</style></notes></record></records></xml>