relation: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/3241/
title: Military Conflict and the Rise of Urban Europe
creator: Dincecco, Mark
creator: Onorato, Massimiliano Gaetano
subject: D901 Europe (General)
subject: HB Economic Theory
subject: U Military Science (General)
description: We present new evidence about the relationship between military conflict and city  population growth in Europe from the fall of Charlemagne’s empire to the start of  the Industrial Revolution. Military conflict was a main feature of European history.  We argue that cities were safe harbors from conflict threats. To test this argument,  we construct a novel database that geocodes the locations of more than 800 conflicts  between 800 and 1799. We find a significant, positive, and robust relationship that  runs from conflict exposure to city population growth. Our analysis suggests that  military conflict played a key role in the rise of urban Europe.
publisher: Springer
date: 2016
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/3241/1/Urban%20rise-1.pdf
identifier:   Dincecco, Mark and Onorato, Massimiliano Gaetano  Military Conflict and the Rise of Urban Europe.  Journal of Economic Growth.  pp. 1-40.  ISSN 1381-4338    (In Press)   (2016)  
relation: 10.1007/s10887-016-9129-4