@article{ref1,
title="Political influence on civil war mortality rates: The electoral college as a battlefield",
journal="Defence economics",
year="1991",
author="Anderson, George M. and Tollison, Robert D.",
volume="2",
number="3",
pages="219-233",
abstract="This paper employs public choice analysis to explain certain kinds of military decision-making during the Civil War. Specifically, the political costs and benefits which may have influenced policy with respect to casualty rates in the Union army are considered. A primary empirical finding is that electoral votes per capita are a strong explainer of casualties across Union states, all else equal.<p />",
language="",
issn="1043-0717",
doi="10.1080/10430719108404694",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10430719108404694"
}