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<p>This thesis examines how different levels of domestic  trade affect the intensity of conflict within and between  states. Specifically, the thesis utilizes a cross-sectional  analysis of pooled time-series data, both previously  collected conflict data sets and published economic data,  to test the hypothesis. The data is analyzed by conducting  a correlation analysis followed by linear regression of the  independent and dependent variables, controlling for  certain variances between the cases by utilizing control  variables. The findings reveal that high levels of  domestic trade decrease a state's propensity to initiate an  inter-state dispute or to fall into civil war. The policy  implications of the findings are that advancing domestic  trade will have the greatest statistical effect on  decreasing a state's propensity to initiate an inter-state  dispute or fall into civil war.
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<br>Subjects: Civil war</div>
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Sollfrank, Horst D.</div>
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