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International political economy

the trade-off between economies of scale in public goods and the costs of population heterogeneity that determines how many countries form.

In international political economy, size of nations refers to the trade-off between economies of scale in public goods and the costs of population heterogeneity that determines how many countries form. This meaning comes from Alesina (1997) in The Quarterly Journal of Economics.[1]

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References

Alesina, A., & Spolaore, E. (1997). On the Number and Size of Nations. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 112(4), 1027-1056. https://doi.org/10.1162/003355300555411

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