Creative Destruction in the International State System

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19K01605
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 07040:Economic policy-related
Research Institution	The University of Tokyo
Principal Investigator	Weese Eric 東京大学, 社会科学研究所, 准教授 (50777844)
Project Period (FY)	2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status	Granted (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000) Fiscal Year 2021: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2020: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2019: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywords	Boundary changes / Historical GIS / Political boundaries / Schumpeterian growth
Outline of Research at the Start	Competition between firms is regarded as beneficial, as more productive firms take market share from less productive firms. Does the same thing happen with countries? Over 850 years of european history, have better managed countries expanded, taking over territory from less well-run neighbours?