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An Economic Limitation to the Zone of Democratic Peace and Cooperation

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The zone of democratic peace and cooperation is the premier nontrivial fact of international relations. Recent research, however, has shown that the democratic peace is substantially limited to the economically developed democracies (Mousseau, 2000). Is the zone of democratic cooperation also limited to the economically developed democracies? With the observation of most nations from 1919 to 1992, robust support is found for this hypothesis. It appears that economically developed democracies are more than eight times more likely than other states to engage each other in an intense form of interstate cooperation: collaboration in militarized conflict. Democracies with per capita incomes of less than $8,050, in contrast-77 percent of all joint democratic dyads-appear less likely than other types of states to collaborate with each other in militarized conflict. This result is consistent with the view that liberal political culture arises from economic development, and it is liberal political culture that explains the global zone of democracy, peace, prosperity, and interstate cooperation.

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  • Michael Mousseau, 2002. "An Economic Limitation to the Zone of Democratic Peace and Cooperation," International Interactions, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(2), pages 137-164, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ginixx:v:28:y:2002:i:2:p:137-164
    DOI: 10.1080/03050620212100
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    1. Coyne,Christopher J., 2020. "Defense, Peace, and War Economics," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9781108724036.
    2. Michael Mousseau, 2010. "Urban Poverty and Support for Islamist Terror: Survey Results of Muslims in Fourteen Countries," Koç University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum Working Papers 1015, Koc University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum.
    3. Michael Mousseau, 2005. "Comparing New Theory with Prior Beliefs: Market Civilization and the Democratic Peace," Conflict Management and Peace Science, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 22(1), pages 63-77, February.
    4. Benjamin E. Goldsmith, 2003. "Bearing the Defense Burden, 1886-1989," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 47(5), pages 551-573, October.
    5. Christopher J. Coyne & Anne R. Bradley, 2019. "Ludwig von Mises on war and the economy," The Review of Austrian Economics, Springer;Society for the Development of Austrian Economics, vol. 32(3), pages 215-228, September.
    6. Michael Mousseau, 2010. "Coming to Terms with the Capitalist Peace," International Interactions, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(2), pages 185-192, May.
    7. Michael Mousseau, 2012. "The Democratic Peace Unraveled: It’s the Economy," Koç University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum Working Papers 1207, Koc University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum.

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