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This paper argues that openness to goods trade in combination with an unequal distribution of political power has been a major determinant of the comparatively slow development of resource- or land-abundant regions like South America and the Caribbean in the nineteenth century. We develop a...
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all. Our empirical evidence does, however, support not only the "primacy of institutions" view, but also the important …
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We study the implications of two historical institutions, direct British rule, and the heterogeneous land tenure … institutions implemented by the British, on disparity in present day development using district level data from India. Using …
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We investigate how Reconstruction affected Black political participation and socio-economic advancement after the American Civil War. We use the location of federal troops and Freedmen’s Bureau offices to indicate more intensive federal enforcement of civil rights. We find greater political...
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-colonial autocratic institutions within ethnic groups and the emergence of autocratic institutions across countries. Diversity has … amplified the importance of institutions in mitigating the adverse effects of non-cohesiveness on productivity, while … contributing to the scope for domination, leading to the formation of institutions of the autocratic type. …
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In what sense are institutions a deep determinant of growth? In this paper, we address this question by examining the … factors in which institutions affect market integration more than market integration affects institutions. It was …
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regions rich in marine resources differ from societies with a purely agrarian legacy in terms of institutions, cultural values …
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creates continuous and dichotomous indices. We use the SVM indices to investigate the effect of democratic institutions on …
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phenomenon, which is present in poor as well as rich countries; that political institutions have a weak effect on ethnic …
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, societal norms, and institutions. Religion affects physical capital accumulation by influencing thrift and financial … unleashing technological change and through rituals, legal institutions, political economy, and conflict. Synthesizing a disjoint …
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