Understanding prosperity and poverty: Geography, institutions, and the reversal of fortune

Understanding Poverty

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Acemoglu, Daron ^a   Johnson, Simon ^b   Robinson, James ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross country difference; European colonization; Geography hypothesis; Institutions hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908549781     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0195305191.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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