Explaining the Demand for Sovereignty

Explaining the Demand for Sovereignty

Why do groups want to secede and where are we most likely to see demands for self-determination? This paper proposes an economic explanation whereby a tradeoff between income and sovereignty implies that, other things being equal, richer regions ar...

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Main Authors: Sambanis, Nicholas, Milanovic, Branko
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ABSOLUTE TERMS
ADJACENT REGIONS
ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
ARMED CONFLICTS
ASSET REDISTRIBUTION
BASQUE REGION
BORDER REGIONS
BOUNDARIES
CITIZENS
CITIZENSHIP
CIVIL CONFLICT
CIVIL WAR
CIVIL WARS
COLONIALISM
COMPLICATIONS
DECENTRALIZATION
DEFENSE
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISCRIMINATION
DISPOSABLE INCOME
DISTINCT REGIONS
DYNAMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ECONOMIC MODELS
ECONOMIC REGIONS
ECONOMIC SPECIALIZATION
ECONOMIC THEORIES
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ETHNIC CONFLICT
ETHNIC GROUP
ETHNIC GROUPS
ETHNIC HETEROGENEITY
ETHNIC MINORITY
FISCAL POLICY
FLAG
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GEOGRAPHICAL REGION
GINI COEFFICIENT
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GROWTH RATE
HIGHER INEQUALITY
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
IMPORTANT POLICY
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INTER-REGIONAL INEQUALITY
INTERDEPENDENCE
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
KINSHIP
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
LOCAL COMMUNITY
MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
MODERNIZATION
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NATIONAL ECONOMY
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NATIONAL INCOME
NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE
NATIONAL LEVELS
NATIONAL RESOURCES
NATIONALISM
NATIONALISMS
NATIONS
NATURAL GAS
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCES
OLD REGIME
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
PEACE
PENSIONS
POLARIZATION
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL ACTION
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL RIGHTS
POLITICAL SYSTEMS
POOR REGIONS
POORER REGIONS
POPULAR SUPPORT
POPULATION CENSUSES
POPULATION MOVEMENTS
POPULATION SIZE
PROGRESS
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC SUPPORT
PULL FACTORS
RECONSTRUCTION
REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
REGIONAL CONFLICT
REGIONAL DEMAND
REGIONAL DEMANDS
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
REGIONAL DIFFERENCE
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION
REGIONAL INCOME
REGIONAL INCOME INEQUALITY
REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS
REGIONAL LEVEL
REGIONAL LEVELS
REGIONAL PER CAPITA INCOME
REGIONAL POPULATION
REGIONAL POPULATION SHARE
REGIONAL REVENUES
REGIONAL TAXES
REGIONAL VARIATION
REGIONALISM
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
RESOURCE-RICH REGIONS
RESPECT
REVOLUTION
RICH REGIONS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL INCOME
SCHOOL CURRICULUM
SCHOOLING
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SELF-DETERMINATION
SELF-ESTEEM
SMALL COUNTRIES
SOCIAL COHESION
SOCIAL COMMUNICATION
SOCIAL CONFLICT
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
SOCIAL RESEARCH
SOCIAL STATUS
SOVEREIGNTIES
SOVEREIGNTY
TAXATION
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNMET DEMAND
VIOLENCE
VIOLENT CONFLICT
WARS
WEALTH
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