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This paper presents theory and evidence to show that imperialism was a major factor impeding the spread of the industrial revolution during the century ending in the 1950s. Two empirical results stand out. First, analysis of historical evidence shows that most sovereign countries were...
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States like Greece, Portugal, Ireland , Spain and Italy The advanced state debt are nothing more than a symptom of a lack of … aspects. On the one hand, a problem of sovereignty in the sense that the transmitted decision-making powers of the states at …
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of analysis is too limited since it is embedded in a Westphalian concept of sovereignty. To support this argument, the … sovereignty, not being able to take on a holistic water basin governance regime embedded on considerations of equity, human rights … and social justice. The article concludes that it is vital to move beyond a static sovereignty-based analysis of riparian …
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mainly because they perceive a loss of legitimacy and question the sovereignty of their domestic governments. That is …
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In this article we discuss the role of political economy in the design and implementation of economic and political reforms that occurred in Brazil in the second half of the eighteenth century. Brazil was during this period still a part, the most important part, of the Portuguese empire. The...
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negative- effects of Spanish colonialism on the welfare of common people. Purchasing capacity of miners and labourers in terms … Spain they turn out to be slightly below Western standards whereas in Northern Mexico and Venezuela (Maracaibo) they are …
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In a seminal contribution, Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson (2001) evaluate the effect of property rights institutions on national income using estimated mortality rates of early European settlers as an instrument for the risk of capital expropriation. Returning to their original sources, I find...
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