Quantitative economic geography meets history
Dávid Krisztián Nagy reviews the methods and challenges of using quantitative geographical economics to study historical questions.
Topic Archive: Economic History
Malaria’s long-lasting effects on land inequality in Italy
Paolo Buonanno, Elena Esposito and Giorgio Gulino found that malaria affected where people settled and also how and what they farmed.
Colonial settlers and economic development in Latin America
José G. Montalvo and Marta Reynal-Querol show a relevant effect of the skills of first colonizers on long-run levels of development in Latin America.
Political instability, state capacity and climate change in ancient times
Laura Mayoral and Ola Olsson explore early state development using Ancient Egypt as a laboratory.
