?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2728%2F&rft.title=The+Economic+Legacy+of+Warfare%3A+Evidence+from+European+Regions&rft.creator=Cassidy%2C+Traviss&rft.creator=Dincecco%2C+Mark&rft.creator=Onorato%2C+Massimiliano+Gaetano&rft.subject=D901+Europe+(General)&rft.subject=HB+Economic+Theory&rft.subject=U+Military+Science+(General)&rft.description=Historical+warfare+in+Europe+inflicted+numerous+costs+on+rural+populations.+To+reduce%0D%0Asuch+costs%2C+rural+populations+relocated+behind+the+relative+safety+of+urban+fortifications.%0D%0AWe+argue+that+war-related+urbanization+had+positive+consequences+for+long-run+regional%0D%0Aeconomic+development.+We+geocode+the+locations+of+more+than+600+conflicts+in+early%0D%0Amodern+Europe.+We+find+a+positive+and+significant+relationship+between+historical+conflict%0D%0Aexposure+and+regional+economic+development+today.+Our+results+are+robust+to+a+wide%0D%0Arange+of+econometric+techniques%2C+alternative+samples%2C+and+economic+outcomes.+Human%0D%0Acapital+accumulation+stands+out+as+one+channel+through+which+war-related+urbanization%0D%0Atranslated+into+regional+economic+development.+Our+results+highlight+the+military+origins%0D%0Aof+Europe%E2%80%99s+wealthy+urban+belt&rft.publisher=IMT+Institute+for+Advanced+Studies+Lucca&rft.date=2015-07&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by_nd&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2728%2F1%2FWP_2015_6_march.pdf&rft.identifier=++Cassidy%2C+Traviss+and+Dincecco%2C+Mark+and+Onorato%2C+Massimiliano+Gaetano++The+Economic+Legacy+of+Warfare%3A+Evidence+from+European+Regions.++EIC+working+paper+series++%236%2F2015++++IMT+Institute+for+Advanced+Studies+Lucca++++ISSN+2279-6894.++++(Submitted)+++