?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2217%2F&rft.title=On+wars+and+political+development.+The+role+of+international+conflicts+in+the+democratization+of+the+West&rft.creator=Ticchi%2C+Davide&rft.creator=Vindigni%2C+Andrea&rft.subject=HB+Economic+Theory&rft.subject=JA+Political+science+(General)&rft.description=We+investigate+the+role+played+by+international+conflicts+in+the+processes+of+national+political+development+with+particular+attention+to+the+transition+from+autocracy+toward+democracy.+We+argue+that%2C+if+a+country+is+endangered+by+some+outside+threat%2C+its+elite+may+find+optimal+to+concede+democracy+or+income+redistribution+to+the+masses+in+order+to+increase+their+patriotism+and+their+war+effort.+This+in+turn+increases+the+chances+of+victory+of+the+country+so+avoiding+to+the+elite+severe+income+losses.+We+provide+historical+evidence+for+some+Western+countries+that+confirms+this+theory.&rft.publisher=Institute+of+Governmental+Studies.+UC+Berkeley&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.identifier=++Ticchi%2C+Davide+and+Vindigni%2C+Andrea++On+wars+and+political+development.+The+role+of+international+conflicts+in+the+democratization+of+the+West.++Working+Paper++%23+%2F2006++++Institute+of+Governmental+Studies.+UC+Berkeley+++++++++&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fescholarship.org%2Fuc%2Fitem%2F56x218x7