Wealth, Slaveownership, and Fighting for the Confederacy: An Empirical Study of the American Civil War User Whey-Men, 03 Jan 2021
APSR study: Slaveowners in the Confederacy were more likely to enroll in the Confederate Army than non-slaveowners. "Slaveownership, in contrast to some other kinds of wealth, compelled Southerners to fight despite free-rider incentives because it raised their stakes in the war’s outcome." User smurfyjenkins, in the International Relations subreddit, 23 May 2019
Slaveowners in the Confederacy were more likely to enroll in the Confederate Army than non-slaveowners. "We conclude that slaveownership, in contrast to some other kinds of wealth, compelled Southerners to fight despite free-rider incentives because it raised their stakes in the war’s outcome." User smurfyjenkins, in the Reddit Science subreddit, 23 May 2019