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What are the consequences of resource-based regional specialization, when it persists over a long period of time? While much of the literature argues that specialization is beneficial, recent work suggests it may be costly in the long run, due to economic or political reasons. I examine this...
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Do locational fundamentals such as coastlines and rivers determine town locations, or can historical events trap towns … in unfavorable locations for centuries? We examine the effects on town locations of the collapse of the Western Roman … more often found in Roman-era town locations in France than in Britain, and this difference still persists today. The …
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We develop a new methodology for quantifying the tasks undertaken within occupations using 3,000 verbs from around 12,000 occupational descriptions in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOTs). Using micro-data from the United States from 1880-2000, we find an increase in the employment share...
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Provides analysis of how campaign finance and spending shaped the historic presidential and congressional races of 2008; latest in a series of volumes on the costs and trends of campaign finance published since 1960. - Provided by publisher
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