N Nunn - Annu. Rev. Econ., 2009 - annualreviews.org
This article provides a survey of a growing body of empirical evidence that points toward the important long-term effects that historic events can have on economic development. The …
We provide theory and evidence that the elasticity of local employment to a labor demand shock is heterogeneous depending on the commuting openness of the local labor market …
JV Henderson, T Squires… - The Quarterly Journal …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We explore the role of natural characteristics in determining the worldwide spatial distribution of economic activity, as proxied by lights at night, observed across 240,000 grid …
More than 100 natural disasters strike the United States every year, causing extensive fatalities and damages. We construct the universe of US federally designated natural …
A Saiz - The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2010 - academic.oup.com
I process satellite-generated data on terrain elevation and presence of water bodies to precisely estimate the amount of developable land in US metropolitan areas. The data show …
We show that current differences in trust levels within Africa can be traced back to the transatlantic and Indian Ocean slave trades. Combining contemporary individual-level …
H Bleakley, J Lin - The quarterly journal of economics, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Many cities in North America formed at obstacles to water navigation, where continued transport required overland hauling or portage. Portage sites attracted commerce …
Beckley demonstrates that no country is poised to upend American primacy, not economically, not militarily, and not technologically.... The evidence he assembles should be …
T Hong, N Yu, Z Mao, S Zhang - Cities, 2021 - Elsevier
This article interrogates the role of local Chinese governors in government-driven urbanisation. This process often involves local governments converting rural land to urban …