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DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs' Trade\, Development a
 nd Political Economy Series presents Treb Allen. How does the interplay of
  geographic\, political and economic forces together affect the shape of n
 ations? This paper presents a quantitative framework for answering these q
 uestions by deriving and characterizing the equilibrium evolution of natio
 nal boundaries in a world with a rich geography. The framework is based on
  simple conditions that are the equilibrium outcomes from multiple dispara
 te political economic micro-foundations. I characterize the existence\, un
 iqueness\, and efficiency of the dynamic equilibrium\, and I provide a sim
 ple algorithm for its calculation. The framework does a good job of matchi
 ng the empirical distribution of nations in Europe c.1000AD. Finally\, I i
 llustrate the power of the framework by providing several stylized example
 s of how it can be applied to understand how changes in the spatial distri
 bution of resources\, the cost of transit\, and the productivity of differ
 ent governments each affects the equilibrium shape of nations.
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SUMMARY:The Topography of Nations
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs' T
 rade\, Development and Political Economy Series presents Treb Allen. How d
 oes the interplay of geographic\, political and economic forces together a
 ffect the shape of nations? This paper presents a quantitative framework f
 or answering these questions by deriving and characterizing the equilibriu
 m evolution of national boundaries in a world with a rich geography. The f
 ramework is based on simple conditions that are the equilibrium outcomes f
 rom multiple disparate political economic micro-foundations. I characteriz
 e the existence\, uniqueness\, and efficiency of the dynamic equilibrium\,
  and I provide a simple algorithm for its calculation. The framework does 
 a good job of matching the empirical distribution of nations in Europe c.1
 000AD. Finally\, I illustrate the power of the framework by providing seve
 ral stylized examples of how it can be applied to understand how changes i
 n the spatial distribution of resources\, the cost of transit\, and the pr
 oductivity of different governments each affects the equilibrium shape of 
 nations.</p>
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