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Notes

  1. For an overview of liberal arguments about conflict, see Keohane (1990), Stein (1993), and Doyle (1997).

  2. Note, however, that a few studies of this topic have been cast at the level of the individual country (Domke, 1988: 119–131) or of the entire global system (Mansfield, 1994: Chapter 5). Some work has also addressed a longer time frame (Barbieri, 2002; McDonald, 2009; Russett & Oneal, 2001).

  3. For a review of this literature, see Mansfield and Pollins (2003). For studies that challenge the finding of an inverse relationship between trade and conflict, see Gasiorowski (1986) and Barbieri (2002). For studies that argue that this relationship is conditional on a third factor, see Mansfield and Pevehouse (2000) and McDonald (2009).

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We thank all the participants of the 2007 Frontiers Conference, whose interest in the topics addressed here prompted JIBS to launch this Special Issue. We also thank Florida International University's CIBER for its role in that process. We are especially grateful to Lorraine Eden, the JIBS Editorial Board, and the anonymous reviewers. Finally, we thank the Academy of International Business for its support of the research contained in this Special Issue.

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Henisz, W., Mansfield, E. & Von Glinow, M. Conflict, security, and political risk: International business in challenging times. J Int Bus Stud 41, 759–764 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1057/jibs.2010.11

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