TY  - INPR
KW  - Keywords: warfare
KW  -  cities
KW  -  political and economic development
KW  -  Europe
JEL codes: C20
KW  -  O10
KW  -  N40
KW  -  N90
KW  -  P48
KW  -  R11
Y1  - 2016///
TI  - Military Conflict and the Rise of Urban Europe
AV  - public
JF  - Journal of Economic Growth
UR  - http://eprints.imtlucca.it/3241/
SN  - 1381-4338
PB  - Springer
A1  - Dincecco, Mark
A1  - Onorato, Massimiliano Gaetano
N2  - 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.
SP  - 1
N1  - First online: 30 March 2016
ID  - eprints3241
EP  - 40
ER  -