The three horsemen of riches: Plague, war, and urbanization in early modern Europe

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 774-811

  Voigtländer, Nico ^a   Voth, Hans Joachim ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BARCELONA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Demographic regime; Epidemics; Great divergence; Long run growth; Malthus to solow

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; MODELING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EUROPE;

RICHES;

EID: 84877096802     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rds034     Document Type: Article

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