How does and where and how people live impact global cultural, political, and economic patterns?

Geography plays a significant, fundamental role in shaping outcomes in human societies.

Among other geographical elements, borders have significant implications"they are not

only geographical figures, but also political creatures. Against previous theories that have

studied border effects along with institutional differences mostly about economic

implications, this thesis considers how sub-national borders with weak jurisdictions affect

cultural, political, and economic phenomena using data from South Korea. Unlike

international borders and intra-national borders in a federal state, this thesis suggests borders

in a unitary nation have less economic effects, but more cultural and political effects.

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