There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development … Robinson (2001) was to address this last point by using settler mortality as an instrument for geography-induced endogenous … mechanisms from geography via institutions to economic development outcomes. In particular, we examine the determinants of …

skills of analysts – such as their educational and employment backgrounds – and to geography. In particular, there is …

countries, we find remarkable differences in forecast accuracy, and show that they are partly related to geography and …