Distance to the pre-industrial technological frontier, patience, and economic development

Sascha Möhrle and Uwe Sunde

Economics Letters, 2021, vol. 201, issue C

Abstract: This research provides evidence that the persistent non-monotonic effect of distance to the pre-industrial technological frontier on economic development is associated with systematic variation in patience. This supports an interpretation of an underlying mechanism through culture and innovation.

Keywords: Comparative development; Culture and technology; Innovation; Cultural transmission (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O10 O31 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109788

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