This article reviews the growing economics literature that studies the politico-economic
impacts of heterogeneity in moral boundaries across individuals and cultures. The so-called …

In this chapter, I consider the benefits of viewing history through an evolutionary lens. In
recent decades, a field of research has emerged, which builds on foundations from …

We review the vast literature on social preferences by assessing what is known about their
fundamental properties, their distribution in the broader population, and their consequences …

This chapter covers recent research in historical economics that uses ethnographic data and
data from field surveys and lab experiments. The study of historical economics, particularly …

Culture–the set of socially transmitted values and beliefs held by individuals–has important
implications for a wide variety of economic outcomes. Both the causes and consequences of …

This paper delves into the emergence of alternative governance models in Bogotá,
Colombia, enabled by platform technology amid state inefficiencies magnified by poorly …

Existing work has shown long-run effects of historical institutions on economic development.
However, few studies examine long-run effects of institutions on the environment. In this …

Does market exposure shape civic values and rules that constrain opportunistic behavior
and foster generalized cooperation? I investigate this question using a natural experiment …

We explore the long run socio-economic impact of a medieval urban governance setting, the
king-owned towns (KOTs). For a town the KOT status implies special fiscal, commercial and …

Early statehood may foster proto-democratic values by demonstrating the effectiveness of
balancing between central authority and local autonomy in addressing coordination …