the course of economic development from the dawn of human civilization to the contemporary era. It advances and …-lasting effect on the pattern of comparative economic development that is not captured by geographical, institutional, and cultural … factors. In particular, the level of genetic diversity within a society is found to have a hump-shaped effect on development …

The empirical literature on economic growth and development has moved from the study of proximate determinants to the … account the ancestral composition of current populations. The evidence suggests that economic development is affected by … economic development, biologically (via genetic or epigenetic transmission) and culturally (via behavioral or symbolic …

that geography's effects on development occurred exclusively through its effects on this historical institutional … that economic development is a complex process driven by economic, political, social, and biophysical forces. Some … development. We believe that economic development has also been shaped very importantly by the biophysical and geophysical …

There is controversy about whether geography matters mainly because of its contemporaneous impact on economic outcomes … the slave trades retarded subsequent economic development, in Africa ruggedness has also had a historical indirect …

We study the relationship between geography and growth. To do so, we first develop a dynamic spatial growth theory with … realistic geography. We characterize the model and its balanced growth path and propose a methodology to analyze equilibria with …

This paper examines the importance of buyer-supplier relationships, geography and the structure of the production …

This paper addresses the complex relationship between geography and macroeconomic growth. We investigate the ways in … which geography may matter directly for growth, controlling for economic policies and institutions, as well as the effects … of geography on policy choices and institutions. We find that location and climate have large effects on income levels …