American Economic Review
ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)
Nation Building and Economic Growth
American Economic Review
vol. 102,
no. 3, May 2012
(pp. 278–82)
Abstract
Over the past half-century there have been over three hundred instances of nation building initiatives, episodes where countries jointly give military and economic aid to a country embroiled in conflict. Despite the prevalence and expense of this foreign policy, little research has explored the potential growth effects from these operations. This project uses a standard growth regression framework to quantify the effects of nation building on GDP per capita growth of the recipient nation. The research considers how the characteristics of conflict zones and the interaction of diverse types of both military and economic aid impact the development process.Citation
Creasey, Ellyn, Ahmed S. Rahman, and Katherine A. Smith. 2012. "Nation Building and Economic Growth." American Economic Review, 102 (3): 278–82. DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.3.278JEL Classification
- O47 Measurement of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
- F35 Foreign Aid
- H56 National Security and War
- O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
- O43 Institutions and Growth