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European colonial powers were more likely to establish long-lasting democratic political systems and economic institutions in regions with lower incidences of infectious diseases.
“European colonial powers were more likely to establish long-lasting democratic political systems and economic institutions in regions characterized by lower incidences of infectious diseases [31], [32].”
From Pathogens and Politics: Further Evidence That Parasite Prevalence Predicts Authoritarianism (2013) · cites this paper as [32]
These results do not challenge the important role of colonial history in explaining contemporary nation-level differences in political and economic outcomes; they simply indicate that a colonial-spread-of-institutions process cannot provide a complete explanation for the relation between parasite prevalence and authoritarianism.
“These results do not challenge the important role of colonial history in explaining contemporary nation-level differences in political and economic outcomes [31], [32]. The results simply indicate that a colonial-spread-of-institutions process cannot provide a complete explanation for the relation between parasite prevalence and authoritarianism.”
From Pathogens and Politics: Further Evidence That Parasite Prevalence Predicts Authoritarianism (2013) · cites this paper as [32]
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- Easterly, W., & Levine, R.
- Affiliations
- New York University (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Corresponding author
- Levine, Ross
- Venue
- Journal of Monetary Economics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2003-01
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 3-39
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- 0304-3932 (ISSN-L)
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- FWCI
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- en
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- University of Rochester
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- Social Sciences › Demography › Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic Growth and Productivity
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- Keywords
- economic development, tropical climate, cash crops, cereals, institutions, economic policy, country income level, cross-country analysis
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