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Nationalism and Government Effectiveness

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Ahlerup, Pelle () (Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University)
Hansson, Gustav () (Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University)

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Abstract

The literature on nation-building and nationalism suggests that nation-building affects economic and political performance, mitigates the problems associated with ethnic hetero- geneity, but that nationalism, an indicator of successful nation-building, is linked to dismal performance via protectionism and intolerance. This paper shows that there is a nonlinear association between nationalism and government effectiveness, that nationalism leaves no imprint on the effects of ethnic heterogeneity but may be a positive force in former colonies, and that actual trade ows are independent of the level of nationalism in the population.

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Paper provided by Göteborg University, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers in Economics with number 313.

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Length: 32 pages
Date of creation: 02 Sep 2008
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Handle: RePEc:hhs:gunwpe:0313

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Postal: Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University Box 640, SE 405 30 GÖTEBORG, Sweden
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Keywords: Nationalism; Nation-building; Ethnic Diversity; Government Effectiveness; Protectionism;

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F52 - International Economics - - International Relations and International Political Economy - - - National Security; Economic Nationalism
N40 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, and Regulation - - - General, International, or Comparative

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