
Acemoglu on West Africa as the whiteman’s graveyard
13 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, health economics Tags: age of empires, economics of colonialism

Short History of Colonialism Since 1492
12 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, International law Tags: age of empires, Age of exploration, economics of colonialism, maps
The legacies of colonisation by the British for Maori (aside from the abolition of slavery and no more musket wars)
10 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights Tags: age of empires, economics of colonialism

For more, see James Feyrer & Bruce Sacerdote, 2009. “Colonialism and Modern Income: Islands as Natural Experiments,” The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 91(2), pages 245-262, May.
They argue that the nature of discovery and colonization of islands provides random variation in the length and type of colonial experience. They instrument for length of colonization using variation in prevailing wind patterns and direction.
They argue that wind speed and direction had a significant effect on historical colonial rule but do not have a direct effect on GDP today. The data also suggest that years as a colony after 1700 are more beneficial than earlier years.
They also find a discernable pecking order among the colonial powers, with years under U.S., British, French, and Dutch rule having more beneficial effects than Spanish or Portuguese rule.


Did British rule help India?
26 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: age of empires, British empire, economics of colonialism, India
My favorite quote on British colonialism
09 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, growth disasters, law and economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: British empire, economics of colonialism

Instrumental Variables estimation – colonial origins of economic development
17 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, econometerics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice Tags: Daron Acemoglu, economics of colonialism
Many more Maori living to their 1st birthday is the key legacy of 175 years of colonisation
16 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: age of empires, economics of colonialism, Maori economic development, political correctness, regressive left
So Liberia and Abyssina must be most prosperous because they escaped colonialism
13 Apr 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: Africa, age of empires, economics of colonialism
Christopher Columbus: What Really Happened
15 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: Age of Discovery, economics of colonialism
James Robinson: “Why Nations Fail” | Talks at Google
14 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of colonialism, The Great Enrichment
Daron Acemoglu and development economics
14 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, income redistribution, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of colonialism
Imperialism: Crash Course World History #35
14 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, economics of colonialism
Interesting but flawed. The age of empires was prior to the industrial revolution.





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