eprintid: 2728
rev_number: 27
eprint_status: archive
userid: 69
dir: disk0/00/00/27/28
datestamp: 2015-07-14 11:19:58
lastmod: 2016-03-17 10:51:14
status_changed: 2015-07-14 11:19:58
type: monograph
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Cassidy, Traviss
creators_name: Dincecco, Mark
creators_name: Onorato, Massimiliano Gaetano
creators_id: 
creators_id: 
creators_id: massimiliano.onorato@imtlucca.it
title: The Economic Legacy of Warfare: Evidence from European Regions
ispublished: submitted
subjects: D901
subjects: HB
subjects: U1
divisions: EIC
full_text_status: public
monograph_type: imt_eic_working_paper
keywords: Keywords: warfare, cities, political and economic development, Europe - JEL codes: C20, O10, N40, N90, P48, R11
note: Updated on March 2016
abstract: Historical warfare in Europe inflicted numerous costs on rural populations. To reduce
such costs, rural populations relocated behind the relative safety of urban fortifications.
We argue that war-related urbanization had positive consequences for long-run regional
economic development. We geocode the locations of more than 600 conflicts in early
modern Europe. We find a positive and significant relationship between historical conflict
exposure and regional economic development today. Our results are robust to a wide
range of econometric techniques, alternative samples, and economic outcomes. Human
capital accumulation stands out as one channel through which war-related urbanization
translated into regional economic development. Our results highlight the military origins
of Europe’s wealthy urban belt
date: 2015-07
date_type: published
number: 6
publisher: IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
pages: 46
institution: IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
issn: 2279-6894
citation:   Cassidy, Traviss and Dincecco, Mark and Onorato, Massimiliano Gaetano  The Economic Legacy of Warfare: Evidence from European Regions.  EIC working paper series  #6/2015    IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca    ISSN 2279-6894.    (Submitted)   
document_url: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/2728/1/WP_2015_6_march.pdf