To explain cross-country income differences, research has recently focused on the so-called deep determinants of economic development, notably institutions and geography. This article shows that it is not only absolute geography, in terms of for instance climate or being landlocked, but also...

1. Introduction -- 2. The world’s smallest economies against the world -- 3. Natural potential of the world’s smallest economies -- 4. Population of the world’s smallest economies as a demographic and economic resource of the world -- 5. Cultural potential of the world’s smallest...

The object of this paper is to determine the relationship between geographical variables and income per capita, income per capita growth, population density and population growth in Colombian municipalities. In order to carry out econometric estimations at the municipal level we constructed a...