H H I I E E R R Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper Number 1937 War, Peace and the Size of Countries By Enrico Spolaore and Alberto Alesina November 2001 Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts This paper can be downloaded without charge from the: http://post.economics.harvard.edu/hier/2001papers/2001list.html This paper available from the Social Science Research Network at: http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=293780