This paper analyses a general-equilibrium model of the complementarity between economic competition for the allegiance of subjects and military competition for the control of land. In our model economic competition between rival rulers for the allegiance of subjects results in their subjects,...

This paper quantifies the economic impact of geographical features using Colombian data at the municipal level. We use the proportion of slave population in 1835 as an instrument of current institutions. We find that, controlling for institutional quality, geographical characteristics, such as...

Este capítulo explora algunas de las probables consecuencias económicas de los cambios tecnológicos durante los próximos cincuenta años. El análisis se centra en aquellos cambios altamente probables de acuerdo al estado de la investigación y desarrollo científicos de hoy. He restringido...