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International interdependence: Some long-term trends and recent changes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

Peter J. Katzenstein
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This paper provides data on long-term changes in international interdependence. Transactions exchanged between societies and states are one possible means of interdependence. Two decades ago Karl Deutsch collected a substantial amount of data which illustrated a long-term decline in transactions since the beginning of the twentieth century. An extension of his time series data points to a possibly important reversal of that trend in recent years. This conclusion is in agreement with other empirical measures of international interdependence.

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International Organization , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , Fall 1975 , pp. 1021 - 1034
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1975

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