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| Title: | | Isolation and development  |
| Authors: | | Ashraf, Quamrul Galor, Oded Ozak, Omer |
| Issue Date: | | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Working Paper, Brown University, Department of Economics 2009-9 |
| 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. |
| Subjects: | | Growth Development Isolation Agglomeration Globalization |
| JEL: | | O10 F15 N7 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Working Papers, Department of Economics, Brown University
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