Martínez, André; Viarengo, Martina; Musacchio, Aldo - Banco de México - 2010
Recent research links the inequality across countries and regions to colonial institutions. This paper argues that … trade shocks could alter the development path of a country or subnational units, in spite of its colonial institutions. This … positive trade shocks, or improvements in export tax revenues, increased expenditures on education per capita and education …