ID | 078689 |
Title Proper | Power |
Other Title Information | the missing link in the trade conflict relationship |
Language | ENG |
Author | Xiang, Jun ; Xu, Xiaohong ; Keteku, George |
Publication | 2007. |
Summary / Abstract (Note) | We join the debate on trade interdependence and conflict with a reexamination of Barbieri's (1996) intriguing empirical results showing that under certain circumstances, trade interdependence causes conflict. We argue that these findings resulted from a specification that was missing a variable. We return to Barbieri's models and introduce two independent power measures for countries within each dyad. When a correctly specified trade-conflict regression model incorporating the new power variables is performed, the constraining effect of interdependence becomes evident, and the results obtained are the reverse of Barbieri's. |
`In' analytical Note | Journal of Conflict Resolution Vol. 51, No.4; Aug 2007: p646-663 |
Journal Source | Journal of Conflict Resolution Vol. 51, No.4; Aug 2007: p646-663 |
Key Words | Trade Interdependence ; Military Power ; Conflict ; Omitted Variable Bias ; Trade Measurement |