Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel
The colonial origins of comparative development: a skeptical note
"This note casts skepticism over various hypothesis formulated by Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson (2001) in reaching the conclusion that institutions cause economic development. The author has identified four major issues in the study. It lacks adequate econometric specification and relies only on, what the author termed, destiny variables. Secondly, the historical record does not support the author's theory that mortality rate determine Europeans strategy for institutions they intended to develop in the host country; thirdly, given current living standards and disease ridden environment in low and middle income countries, the claim that disease environment of early 19th century was neutral to economic development seems farfetched; finally, assuming that initial institutions caused present institutions put in question the developmental efforts of past half century and thus is more than a sweeping generalization." (author's abstract)
- Alternative title
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Die Kolonialursprünge der vergleichenden Entwicklungsforschung: eine skeptische Anmerkung
- ISSN
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0172-6404
- Extent
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Seite(n): 362-370
- Language
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Englisch
- Notes
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Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
- Bibliographic citation
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Historical Social Research, 37(2)
- Subject
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Wirtschaft
Geschichte
Soziologie, Anthropologie
allgemeine Geschichte
Entwicklungsländersoziologie, Entwicklungssoziologie
Volkswirtschaftstheorie
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Wirtschaftsgeschichte
institutionelle Faktoren
Theorie
Europa
Lebensstandard
19. Jahrhundert
Ökonometrie
Großbritannien
USA
Protektionismus
Demokratie
Wahlrecht
Krankheit
Determinanten
Sterblichkeit
Afrika
Asien
Entwicklungsland
vergleichende Forschung
Nordamerika
empirisch
empirisch-quantitativ
historisch
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Mazhar, Ummad
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Deutschland
- (when)
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2012
- DOI
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-372982
- Rights
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
- Last update
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21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST
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Object type
- Zeitschriftenartikel
Associated
- Mazhar, Ummad
Time of origin
- 2012
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