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Quantifying Greed And Grievance In Civil War: The American War Of Independence

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'Greed' vs. 'grievance' is weighed using a generally applicable methodology as motivations in the American War of Independence. Greed is quantified as the expected economic benefit of Independence -- escaping colonial trade burdens and expected increased economic growth rates. Grievance is measured as willingness to pay to escape perceived political burdens. Quantification of the relative contributions is made possible by using estimates of expected war-costs. To the extent that the economic burden was insufficient to explain the War, the residual is ascribed to the grievance motivation. Both motives are shown to have contributed to the War, but grievance dominates.

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  • Paul Hallwood, 2013. "Quantifying Greed And Grievance In Civil War: The American War Of Independence," Defence and Peace Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(5), pages 449-463, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:defpea:v:24:y:2013:i:5:p:449-463
    DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2012.744203
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    1. Steele, Brett D, 2014. "A rational calculus of war and peace: Applying the ROI objective function to military strategy," International Journal of Development and Conflict, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, vol. 4(1), pages 1-34.

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