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The Effect of the Spanish Civil War on City Shares

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  • González-Val Rafael

    (Departamento de Análisis Económico, Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad de Zaragoza, Gran Vía 2, 50005Zaragoza, Spain)

  • Silvestre Javier

    (Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad de Zaragoza & IEDIS, Gran Vía 2, 50005Zaragoza, Spain)

Abstract

This paper examines the effect of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) shock on city shares of population applying the methodology proposed by Davis, D. R., and D. E. Weinstein. 2002. “Bones, Bombs, and Break Points: The Geography of Economic Activity.” The American Economic Review 92 (5): 1269–89. We make use of an unexploited long-term, historical dataset of populations disaggregated at the city level. Our instruments, a key methodological issue, are based on dead and wounded data collected by historians. We show that the effect of the Spanish Civil War on capital cities was temporary, and argue that the locational fundamentals theory is the principal explanation.

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  • González-Val Rafael & Silvestre Javier, 2022. "The Effect of the Spanish Civil War on City Shares," Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 28(1), pages 3-11, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:pepspp:v:28:y:2022:i:1:p:3-11:n:4
    DOI: 10.1515/peps-2021-0037
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    Keywords

    war shocks; city growth; locational fundamentals; Spanish Civil War;
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    JEL classification:

    • N94 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Europe: 1913-
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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