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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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