Finding Eldorado: Slavery and long-run development in Colombia

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 534-564

  Acemoglu, Daron ^a   García Jimeno, Camilo ^b   Robinson, James A ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Public goods; Slavery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867901271     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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