作者：University of California System; University of California Davis
作者：University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder; University of Victoria; University of Bonn; IZA Institute Labor Economics; University of Bonn; University of British Columbia
摘要：Abundant land and strong property rights are conventionally viewed as key factors underpinning U.S. economic development success. This view relies on the Pristine Myth of an empty undeveloped land, but the abundant land of North America was already made productive and was the recognized territory of sovereign Indigenous Nations. We demonstrate that the development of strong property rights for European/American settlers was mirrored by the attenuation and increasing disregard of Indigenous pro...
作者：Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
作者：University of Valencia; Universite de Montreal
摘要：We study the effects of domestic conflict and external shocks on Spanish trade policy in the interwar period. Our account mobilizes a new granular dataset on exports and imports, and good-country level information on tariffs, trade agreements, and quotas. Into the Depression, the mainstay of policy was the tariff. The establishment of the Second Republic in 1931 was a turning point in policymaking. The new regime initiated bilateral trade negotiations. The Republic's dilemma was to find countr...
作者：University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
作者：State University System of Florida; Florida State University
