Historical Development

Handbook of Economic Growth

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 347-402

  Nunn, Nathan ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonialism; Culture; Institutions; Norms; Path dependence; Persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889028297     PISSN: 15740684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53538-2.00007-1     Document Type: Chapter

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