Economic development in the Americas since 1500
endowments and institutions
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Author
Contributions
- Sokoloff, Kenneth Lee - Contributor
Publication
2011 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England
Language
English
Word Count
104,250 words, Guess
Page Count
417 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139781107009554
- ISBN-139780521251372
- ISBN-101107009553
- ISBN-100521251370
- Library of Congress Control Number2011015745
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Number713834832
- Better World Books9780521251372
- Better World Books9781107009554
- Open LibraryOL24842765M
Classifications
- DDC338.973
- LCCHC94 .E64 2011
- LCCHC94 .E64 2012
and 1 more
- LCCHC94.E64 2011
Description
"This book brings together a number of previously published articles by Stanley L. Engerman and Kenneth L. Sokoloff. Its essays deal with differences in the rates of economic growth in Latin American and mainland North America, specifically the United States and Canada. It demonstrates how relative differences in growth over time are related to differences in the institutions that developed in different economies. This variation is driven by differences in major institutions - suffrage, education, tax policy, land and immigration policy, and banking and financial organizations. These factors, in turn, are all related to differences in endowments, climate, and natural resources. Providing a comprehensive treatment of its topic, the essays have been revised to reflect new developments and research"--
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