Add to ORKGWe develop a unified growth theory for the Western Hemisphere during the colonization era. We posit a unified growth model with transatlantic migration and slavery trade to reconcile development in the Thirteen Colonies/United States during AD1700-AD1860. Then we apply the model across American regions/countries, and propose the GeoPopulation-Institution hypothesis to explain divergence: whenever its geographic or political environments relatively favored the buildup of Black slaves (or non-White forced labor), through slavery institution that disincentivized the Blacks to make improvements, a region/country was likely to suffer a reversal of fortune. Geography, population and institution are inseparable in understanding American economi...
Using a new database of islands throughout the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans we examine whethe...
We study the role of institutional development as a causal mechanism of history affecting current ec...
The foundational discovery of inversion in wealth disparity among territories that Europeans seized ...
A large literature suggests that European settlement outside of Europe shaped institutional, educati...
A large literature is present on how colonial origins through the channels of Institutions and human...
The interdependence between population and the rise of nations has long vitalized scholarly and stat...
The interplay between factor endowments,institutionl development and economic performance has receiv...
We propose a unified theory to explain the diverse paths of economic and institutional development o...
Early states like China, India, Italy and Greece have been experiencing more rapid economic growth i...
Robust estimation of the impact of political institutions on economic development requires the ident...
I study how geography shaped city formation and aggregate development in the United States prior to ...
Over the last few years, colonialism, especially as pursued by Europeans, has enjoyed a revival in i...
Levels of economic development vary widely within countries in the Americas. We argue that part of t...
The land abundance view of African history uses sparse population to explain pre-colonial land tenur...
It may not be possible to change centuries-old spatial distributions of economic activity, argue Wil...
Using a new database of islands throughout the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans we examine whethe...
We study the role of institutional development as a causal mechanism of history affecting current ec...
The foundational discovery of inversion in wealth disparity among territories that Europeans seized ...
A large literature suggests that European settlement outside of Europe shaped institutional, educati...
A large literature is present on how colonial origins through the channels of Institutions and human...
The interdependence between population and the rise of nations has long vitalized scholarly and stat...
The interplay between factor endowments,institutionl development and economic performance has receiv...
We propose a unified theory to explain the diverse paths of economic and institutional development o...
Early states like China, India, Italy and Greece have been experiencing more rapid economic growth i...
Robust estimation of the impact of political institutions on economic development requires the ident...
I study how geography shaped city formation and aggregate development in the United States prior to ...
Over the last few years, colonialism, especially as pursued by Europeans, has enjoyed a revival in i...
Levels of economic development vary widely within countries in the Americas. We argue that part of t...
The land abundance view of African history uses sparse population to explain pre-colonial land tenur...
It may not be possible to change centuries-old spatial distributions of economic activity, argue Wil...
Using a new database of islands throughout the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans we examine whethe...
We study the role of institutional development as a causal mechanism of history affecting current ec...
The foundational discovery of inversion in wealth disparity among territories that Europeans seized ...