Areendam Chanda|C. Justin Cook|Louis Putterman
Persistence of Fortune: Accounting for Population Movements, There Was No Post-Columbian Reversal
Louisiana State University|University of California, Merced|University of Wisconsin–Madison|Brown University|Providence College
using data place origin todays country populations indicators level development 1500 used acemoglu johnson robinson 2002 confirm reversal fortune colonized countries territories find persistence fortune people descendants persistence results least strong three alternative measures early development reversal territories however fails hold additional exercises lend support glaeser et als 2004 view human capital fundamental channel influence precolonial conditions modern development quality institutions jel j11 j24 n10 n30 o15 o43 r11