Slavery, Path Dependence, and Development: Evidence from the Georgia Experiment
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institutions; slavery; inequality; development; history;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N0 - Economic History - - General
- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
- Q0 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EVO-2015-10-25 (Evolutionary Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2015-10-25 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-GRO-2015-10-25 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-HIS-2015-10-25 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-PKE-2015-10-25 (Post Keynesian Economics)
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