Arbeitspapier
Isolation and development
This paper exploits cross-country variation in the degree of geographical isolation, prior to the advent of sea-faring and airborne transportation technologies, to examine its impact on the course of economic development across the globe. The empirical investigation establishes that prehistoric geographical isolation has generated a persistent beneficial effect on the process of development and contributed to the contemporary variation in the standard of living across countries.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Working Paper ; No. 2009-9
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Economic Development: General
Economic Integration
- Subject
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Growth
Development
Isolation
Agglomeration
Globalization
Wirtschaftsgeographie
Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Entwicklung
Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Vorgeschichte
Welt
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Ashraf, Quamrul
Galor, Oded
Ozak, Omer
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Brown University, Department of Economics
- (where)
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Providence, RI
- (when)
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2009
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Ashraf, Quamrul
- Galor, Oded
- Ozak, Omer
- Brown University, Department of Economics
Time of origin
- 2009
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