The frequency of wars: reply to Gleditsch and Pickering

type="main"> <p>We show that the frequency of bilateral militarized conflicts between independent states has indeed been rising steadily over the last century. We show that this finding is not driven by any selection bias in our data but a fact that needs to be explained. Finally we highlight our main contribution, namely that state formation and the capacity to fight are at the heart of the observed upward trend in conflicts.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Harrison, Mark ; Wolf, Nikolaus
Published in:	Economic History Review. - Economic History Society - EHS. - Vol. 67.2014, 1, p. 231-239
Publisher:	Economic History Society - EHS

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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