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Land productivity and economic development : caloric suitability vs. agricultural suitability
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - 2015
suitability in the examination of the effect of land productivity on comparative economic development. The analysis demonstrates … suitable land, reflecting the fact that land suitable for agriculture is not necessarily suitable for the most caloric … Suitability Index dominates the conventional measure in capturing the effect of land productivity on pre-colonial population …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289933
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Land Productivity and Economic Development : Caloric Suitability vs. Agricultural Suitability
Galor, Oded - 2015
suitability in the examination of the effect of land productivity on comparative economic development. The analysis demonstrates … suitable land, reflecting the fact that land suitable for agriculture is not necessarily suitable for the most caloric … Suitability Index dominates the conventional measure in capturing the effect of land productivity on pre-colonial population …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013020090
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Human genetic diversity and comparative economic development
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded; Trigari, Antonella - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003717369
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Human genetic diversity and comparative economic development
Ashraf, Quamrul (contributor); Galor, Oded (contributor) - 2008
genetic diversity ; Comparative development ; Population density ; Neolithic Revolution ; Land productivity ; Malthusian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728410
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Cultural diversity, geographical isolation, and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2012
This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282579
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Cultural diversity, geographical isolation, and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2011
"This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009422689
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Cultural diversity, geographical isolation, and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2012
; geographical isolation ; economic development ; agriculture ; industrialization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530812
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Roots of autocracy
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B. - 2017
amplified the importance of institutions in mitigating the adverse effects of non-cohesiveness on productivity, while …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011645955
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Roots of autocracy
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B. - 2015
emergence of institutions that have mitigated the adverse e.ects of non-cohesiveness on productivity. However, the dual impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333029
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Roots of autocracy
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B. - 2017
amplified the importance of institutions in mitigating the adverse effects of non-cohesiveness on productivity, while …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011670896