Historical legacies: A model linking Africa's past to its current underdevelopment

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 157-175

  Nunn, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Colonialism; History dependence; Multiple equilibria; Trans Atlantic slave trade

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; MODELING; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SLAVE; UNDERDEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 33845504654     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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