Colonialism and modern income: Islands as natural experiments

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-262

  Feyrer, James ^a   Sacerdote, Bruce ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 70449369497     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.91.2.245     Document Type: Article

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