eprintid: 3241
rev_number: 10
eprint_status: archive
userid: 6
dir: disk0/00/00/32/41
datestamp: 2016-03-17 10:50:37
lastmod: 2016-05-04 10:13:13
status_changed: 2016-03-17 10:50:37
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Dincecco, Mark
creators_name: Onorato, Massimiliano Gaetano
creators_id: 
creators_id: massimiliano.onorato@imtlucca.it
title: Military Conflict and the Rise of Urban Europe
ispublished: inpress
subjects: D901
subjects: HB
subjects: U1
divisions: EIC
full_text_status: public
keywords: Keywords: warfare, cities, political and economic development, Europe
JEL codes: C20, O10, N40, N90, P48, R11
note: First online: 30 March 2016
abstract: 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.
date: 2016
date_type: published
publication: Journal of Economic Growth
publisher: Springer
pagerange: 1-40
id_number: 10.1007/s10887-016-9129-4
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1381-4338
citation:   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)  
document_url: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/3241/1/Urban%20rise-1.pdf