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The importance of history for economic development
Nunn, Nathan - In: Annual review of economics 1 (2009), pp. 65-92
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Africa's development in historical perspective
Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku (ed.); Bates, Robert H. (ed.);  … - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010424049
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The importance of history for economic development
Nunn, Nathan - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003831433
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The Importance of History for Economic Development
Nunn, Nathan - 2011
sophisticated identification techniques, have moved beyond testing whether history matters and attempt to identify exactly why … history matters. The most commonly examined channels include institutions, culture, knowledge and technology, and movements …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120935
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Winter is Coming : The Long-Run Effects of Climate Change on Conflict, 1400-1900
Iyigun, Murat; Nunn, Nathan; Qian, Nancy - 2021
We investigate the long-run effects of cooling on conflict. We construct a geo-referenced and digitized database of conflicts in Europe, North Africa, and the Near East from 1400-1900, which we merge with historical temperature data. We show that cooling is associated with increased conflict....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013224365
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On the dynamics of human behavior : the past, present, and future of culture, conflict, and cooperation
Nunn, Nathan - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013188046
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History as Evolution
Nunn, Nathan - 2020
In this chapter, I consider the benefits of viewing history through an evolutionary lens. In recent decades, a field of … to explain the history of human societies. I then turn to a discussion of how an evolutionary perspective provides …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481254
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The Importance of History for Economic Development
Nunn, Nathan - 2009
more sophisticated identification techniques, have moved beyond testing whether history matters, and attempt to identify … exactly why history matters. The most commonly examined channels include: institutions, culture, knowledge and technology, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463749
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Winter is coming : the long-run effects of climate change on conflict, 1400-1900
Iyigun, Murat; Nunn, Nathan; Qian, Nancy - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011611176
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Winter is coming : the long-run effects of climate change on conflict, 1400-1900
Iyigun, Murat; Nunn, Nathan; Qian, Nancy - 2017
This paper investigates the long-run effects of climate change on conflict by examining cooling from 1400-1900 CE, a period that includes most of the Little Ice Age. We construct a geo-referenced and digitized database of conflicts in Europe, North Africa, and the Near East from 1400-1900, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596150