TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Why do people go to war?
JO  - Defence and peace economics
A1  - Torgler, B.
SP  - 261
EP  - 280
VL  - 14
IS  - 4
N2  - The intention of this paper is to analyse why people go to war, despite the, at first sight, divergence between benefits and costs. This paper provides a comparison of the willingness to go to war in different OECD countries using World Values Survey data. The empirical findings in the United States, Switzerland, Spain, Sweden and West Germany, using the willingness to fight as a dependent variable, indicate that such factors as pride, trust, and political ideology significantly influence individuals' willingness to go to war.<p /> 
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SN  - 1024-2694
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10242690302929
ID  - ref1
ER  -