The Size of Nations

by Alberto Alesina and Enrico Spolaore

Book Overview

The authors of this timely and provocative book use the tools of economic analysis to examine the formation and change of political borders. They argue that while these issues have always been at the core of historical analysis, international economists have tended to regard the size of a country as "exogenous," or no more subject to explanation than the location of a mountain range or the course of a river. Alesina and Spolaore consider a country's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262511878
• ISBN13: 9780262511872
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher