Contents
Acknowledgments
Interdependence and Conflict: An Introduction
Domestic Politics
Pax Mercatoria and the Theory of the State
Economic Interdependence, the Democratic State, and the Liberal Peace
Internationalization, Coalitions, and Regional Conflict and Cooperation
Strategic Interactions
Assessing the Role of Trade as a Source of Costly Signals
The Classical Liberals Were Just Lucky: A Few Thoughts about Interdependence and Peace
Trade and Conflict: Uncertainty, Strategic Signaling, and Interstate Disputes
Economic Interdependence, Opportunity Costs, and Peace
Liberal Hopes with No Guarantees
Economic Statecraft
Violence and Disease: Trade as a Suppressor of Conflict when Suppressors Matter
The Strategy of Economic Engagement: Theory and Practice
Interdependence
Empirical Support for the Liberal Peace
Models and Measures in Trade-Conflict Research
Preferential Peace: Why Preferential Trading Arrangements Inhibit Interstate Conflict
Conflict
Trade and Conflict: Does Measurement Make a Difference?
Measuring Conflict and Cooperation: An Assessment
Methodological Advances
Temporal Dynamics and Heterogeneity in the Quantitative Study of International Conflict
Concerns with Endogeneity in Statistical Analysis: Modeling the Interdependence between Economic Ties and Conflict
Qualitative Research on Economic Interdependence and Conflict: Overcoming Methodological Hurdles
Computer Simulations of International Trade and Conflict
Contributors
Index