%0 Journal Article %1 Gartzke:2007 %A Gartzke, Erik %D 2007 %J American Journal of Political Science %K capitalism conflict democratic-peace ipe security theory %N 1 %P 166--191 %T The Capitalist Peace %V 51 %X It is widely accepted that democracies are less conflict prone, if only with other democracies. Debate persists, however, about the causes underlying liberal peace. This article offers a contrarian account based on liberal political economy. Economic development, free markets, and similar interstate interests all anticipate a lessening of militarized disputes or wars. This 'capitalist peace' also accounts for the effect commonly attributed to regime type in standard statistical tests of the democratic peace.

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