Between 1492 and 1914, Europeans conquered 84 percent of the globe. But why did
Europe establish global dominance, when for centuries the Chinese, Japanese, Ottomans …

Tax extraction is often low in absolutist regimes. Why are absolutists unable to convert
power into revenue? Supported by evidence from Imperial China, we explain this puzzle …

This article studies the causes and consequences of political centralization and
fragmentation in China and Europe. We argue that a severe and unidirectional threat of …

Patterns of state formation have crucial implications for comparative economic development.
Diamond (1997) famously argued that “fractured land” was responsible for China's tendency …

Abstract Fiscal Regimes and the Political Economy of Premodern States greatly expands our
knowledge of the history of premodern fiscal systems and raises important questions about …

The strategy of conquest - ScienceDirect Skip to main contentSkip to article Elsevier logo
Journals & Books Search RegisterSign in View PDF Download full issue Search …

Within the framework of Game Theory, there are games where rewards depend on the
relative rank between contenders rather than their absolute performance. We refer to these …

We take an evolutionary perspective to explore the implications of different relationships
between power and initiation of conflicts (ie, conflict initiation function) for the long-run …

Imagine que una máquina del tiempo puede transportarle al año 900 y dejarle en cualquier
lugar de la Tierra para una estancia prolongada.¿ Dónde le gustaría vivir? Mientras …

We characterize transitions between stochastically stable states and relative ergodic
probabilities in the theory of the evolution of conventions. We give an application to the fall of …