@techreport{Ashraf2009Isolation,
abstract = {This paper exploits cross-country variation in the degree of geographical isolation, prior to the advent of sea-faring and airborne transportation technologies, to examine its impact on the course of economic development across the globe. The empirical investigation establishes that prehistoric geographical isolation has generated a persistent beneficial effect on the process of development and contributed to the contemporary variation in the standard of living across countries.},
address = {Providence, RI},
author = {Quamrul Ashraf and Oded Galor and Omer Ozak},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {O10; F15; N7; 330; Growth; Development; Isolation; Agglomeration; Globalization; Wirtschaftsgeographie; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Entwicklung; Wirtschaftsgeschichte; Vorgeschichte; Welt},
language = {eng},
number = {2009-9},
publisher = {Brown Univ., Dep. of Economics},
title = {Isolation and development},
type = {Working Paper, Brown University, Department of Economics},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/62672},
year = {2009}
}
