Broner, Fernando; Martin, Alberto; Meyer, Josefin; … - 2025
This article explores the interplay between economic hegemony and political alignment. Using theoretical and empirical … insights from Broner et al. (2024), we posit that hegemonic states, such as the U.S., foster political alignment, which … enhances globalization. We use UN voting data to proxy for international alignment and show that hegemons induce alignment …