institutions implemented by the British, on disparity in present day development using district level data from India. Using …We study the implications of two historical institutions, direct British rule, and the heterogeneous land tenure … year while indirectly ruled districts were converging at a rate of 5.7% per year. Much of the development gap between areas …

-economy income convergence. Where RCK predicts partial income and consumption convergence between open economies Solow predicts full … convergence. This paper presents, by a small modification of the savings behavior in the Solow model, a framework that matches RCK … country size; that income growth will be a U-shaped function of initial income thus creating differentiated convergence; and …

the historical determinants of institutions with the sizeable direct impact of geographic endowments on development …. -- growth ; institutions ; geography ; comparative development ; colonialism …, geography has also affected colonization policies and, therefore, institutional outcomes. Using non-colonized countries as a …

institutions precede crises and, interestingly, positive reforms occur thereafter. Strong institutions shorten the duration of … interaction effect suggests they can be offset by appropriate institutions. …

What is the long run impact on development from differences in subsistence strategies during pre-industrial times … had access to, and proceed to explore its correlation with economic development. Our analysis reveals that a greater … Bounty of the Sea stimulated pre-industrial development, and that countries inhabited by people with ancestry in regions with …

Because excessive specialization can be risky, diversification matters for sustainable development. A case study of … production possibilities to illuminate the possible contribution of diversification to economic and social development in …