What Motivates Leaders to Invest in Nation-Building?
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What Motivates Leaders to Invest in Nation-Building?
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15422
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 10 Jul 2022
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Date Written: July 2022
Abstract
Why do some leaders invest in significant nation-building policies and others do not? Why does nation-building occur at certain junctures in time and not others? In our research, we investigate what motivates leaders to nation build. We argue that threats to their regime motivate rulers to invest in significant nation-building and that the type of threats that provoke nation-building have largely materialized since the 19th century.
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Giuliano, Paola and Reich, B and ribon, ribo, What Motivates Leaders to Invest in Nation-Building? (July 2022). NBER Working Paper No. w30268, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4165340
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