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Trade, Merchants, and the Lost Cities of the Bronze Age
Barjamovic, Gojko - 2017
We analyze a large dataset of commercial records produced by Assyrian merchants in the 19th Century BCE. Using the information collected from these records, we estimate a structural gravity model of long-distance trade in the Bronze Age. We use our structural gravity model to locate lost ancient...
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The Shadow of the Neolithic Revolution on Life Expectancy : A Double-Edged Sword
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...
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The Impact of the Prehistoric Out of Africa Migration on Cultural Diversity
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B.; Wainstock, Daniel C. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Evidence suggests that the prehistoric Out of Africa Migration has impacted the degree of intra-population genetic and phenotypic diversity across the globe. This paper provides the first evidence that this migration has shaped cultural diversity. Leveraging a folklore catalogue of 958 oral...
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Discrimination, Managers, and Firm Performance : Evidence from "Aryanizations" in Nazi Germany
Huber, Kilian; Lindenthal, Volker; Waldinger, Fabian - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Large-scale increases in discrimination can lead to dismissals of highly qualified managers. We investigate how expulsions of senior Jewish managers, due to rising discrimination in Nazi Germany, affected large corporations. Firms that lost Jewish managers experienced persistent reductions in...
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Highway to Hitler
Voigtlaender, Nico - 2014
Democracy is not an absorbing state; transitions to autocratic rule have been frequent throughout history and often followed periods of instability under democratic rule. In this paper, we ask whether autocrats can win support among voters by showcasing their ability to restore order and to "get...
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Bowling for Fascism : Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party
Satyanath, Shanker - 2013
Social capital is often associated with desirable political and economic outcomes. This paper contributes to the literature exploring the "dark side" of social capital, examining the downfall of democracy in interwar Germany. We collect new data on the density of associations in 229 German towns...
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Persecution Perpetuated : The Medieval Origins of Anti-Semitic Violence in Nazi Germany
Voigtlaender, Nico - 2011
How persistent are cultural traits? This paper uses data on anti-Semitism in Germany and finds continuity at the local level over more than half a millennium. When the Black Death hit Europe in 1348-50, killing between one third and one half of the population, its cause was unknown. Many...
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Democratization, Elite Capture and Economic Development
Foster, Andrew D.; Rosenzweig, Mark Richard - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
resources by the landed elite to a democratic regime with universal suffrage--on the portfolio of public goods is heterogeneous …
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The Nexus of Elites and War Mobilization
Jia, Ruixue; Bai, Ying; Yang, Jiaojiao - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
How do elites mobilize commoners to participate in a war? How does war mobilization affect elite power after the war … and after the war. By examining how pre-war elite connections affected where soldiers who were killed came from, and …
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Why Don't Elite Colleges Expand Supply?
Blair, Peter Q.; Smetters, Kent A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
While college enrollment has more-than doubled since 1970, elite colleges have barely increased supply, instead …, consistent with experience in elite [non-elite] colleges. A calibrated version of the model closely replicates the pattern in the … data of declining admit rates at elite colleges while counter-factual simulations without prestige fail. Prestige …
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