Can geography lock a society in stagnation?

Nguyen Thang Dao () and Julio Dávila
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Nguyen Thang Dao: CORE - Université Catholique de Louvain

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Abstract: We extend Galor and Weil (2000) by including geographical factors in order to show that under some initial conditions, an economy may be locked in Malthusian stagnation and never take off. Specifically, we characterize the set of geographical factors for which this happens, and this way we show how the interplay of the available “land”, its suitability for living, and its degree of isolation, determines whether an economy can escape stagnation

Keywords: Geographical factors; loss of technology; human capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O11 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11 pages
Date: 2013-04
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Working Paper: Can geography lock a society in stagnation? (2013)
Working Paper: Can geography lock a society in stagnation? (2013)
Working Paper: Can geography lock a society in stagnation? (2013)
Working Paper: Can geography lock a society in stagnation? (2013)
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