TY - BOOK AU - Alesina, Alberto AU - Spolaore, Enrico TI - The size of nations SN - 9780262012041 U1 - 320.1 PY - 2003/// CY - Cambridge PB - MIT Press KW - Jurisdictions and the state N1 - Overlapping jurisdictions and the state -- Voting on borders -- Transfers -- Leviathans and the size of nations -- Openness, economic integration, and the size of nations -- Conflict and the size of nations -- War, peace, and the size of nations -- Federalism and decentralization -- Size and economic performance -- The size of nations : a historical overview -- The European Union ER -