Showing 1 - 10 of 10
We test the reproducibility and replicability of Dincecco et al. (2022), which reports a positive relationship between pre-colonial interstate warfare and long-run development patterns across India. Overall, we confirm that all of the study's estimates are computationally reproducible by using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014294220
We analyze the relationship between pre-colonial warfare and long-run development patterns in India. We construct a new geocoded database of historical interstate conflicts on the Indian subcontinent, from which we compute measures of local exposure to pre-colonial warfare. We document a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012832388
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011347905
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011481826
Introduction -- The importance of warfare -- Europe's urban rise -- Evaluating the safe harbor effect -- Evaluating the warfare-to-wealth effect -- Warfare to wealth in comparative perspective -- Epilogue
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011655447
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931267
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009620565
We exploit differences in casualties sustained in pre-modern wars to estimate the impact of fiscal capacity on economic performance. In the past, states fought different amounts of external conflicts, of various lengths and magnitudes. To raise the revenues to wage wars, states made fiscal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013095451
Natural resources have driven both growth and conflict in modern Africa. We model the interaction of parties engaged in potential conflict over such resources. The likelihood of conflict depends on both the absolute and relative resource endowments of the parties. Resources fuel conflict by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012832312
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012792389