Economic Interdependence and Conflict: The case of the post-Soviet space
(2022) NEKH03 20221Department of Economics
- Abstract
- There is still little consensus on whether trade promotes peace or not This thesis aims at investigating the relationship between economic interdependence and conflicts in post-Soviet countries, contributing to the empirical literature on the regional level. Using dyadic measures of trade and conflict, I investigate the relationship between interdependence and onset conflict, ongoing conflict, and conflict intensity. A total of 347 observations are included over the period of 1987-2014. This means that the analysis includes the period of the states being a
part of the USSR as well as independent states after the dissolution of the USSR. The results show a negative relationship between trade and conflict, indicating that conflict... (More) - There is still little consensus on whether trade promotes peace or not This thesis aims at investigating the relationship between economic interdependence and conflicts in post-Soviet countries, contributing to the empirical literature on the regional level. Using dyadic measures of trade and conflict, I investigate the relationship between interdependence and onset conflict, ongoing conflict, and conflict intensity. A total of 347 observations are included over the period of 1987-2014. This means that the analysis includes the period of the states being a
part of the USSR as well as independent states after the dissolution of the USSR. The results show a negative relationship between trade and conflict, indicating that conflict decreases as interdependence increases. I find that my result can be argued to support liberal, rational as well as conditional hypotheses. (Less)
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- author
- Backlund, Linn Alice LU
- supervisor
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- Gunes Gokmen LU
- organization
- course
- NEKH03 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Trade, Interdependence, Conflict, Former Soviet Union
- language
- English
- id
- 9082592
- date added to LUP
- 2022-10-10 09:11:54
- date last changed
- 2022-10-10 09:11:54
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