ARTIFICIAL STATES

被引：109

作者：

Alesina, Alberto ^{[1
]}

Easterly, William ^{[2
,3
]}

Matuszeski, Janina

机构：

[1] Harvard Univ, NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[2] NYU, New York, NY 10003 USA

[3] NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION | 2011年 / 9卷 / 02期

关键词：

H0; O1; O2; O4; O5; ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT; ETHNIC DIVISIONS; CAUSE GROWTH; INSTITUTIONS; COMPACTNESS; INTEGRATION; GEOGRAPHY; POLICIES; TRADE;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1542-4774.2010.01009.x

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We define artificial states as those in which political borders do not coincide with a division of nationalities desired by the people on the ground. We propose and compute for most countries in the world two measures of the degree to which borders may be artificial. One measures how borders split ethnic groups into two separate adjacent countries. The other measures the straightness of land borders, under the assumption the straight land borders are more likely to be artificial. We then show that these two measures are correlated with several measures of political and economic success.

引用

页码：246 / 277

页数：32

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