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No Reversal of Fortune in the Long Run: Geography and Spatial Persistence of Prosperity in Colombia, 1500-2005

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper examines the non-reversal of fortune thesis proposed by Acemoglu et al. (2002) in the light of the Colombian experience over the last 500 years. Using a total of fourteen national population censuses and the record of tributary Indians in 1559, it is found that the population density of Colombian regions presented a high degree of persistence through time. Thus, the evidence indicates that those places that were prosperous circa 1500 remain so today, and vice versa. These results indicate that the long-run influences of geography on regional economic disparities within a country are not negligible.

Source: Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History

DOI: 10.1017/s0212610914000147

Author: Adolfo Meisel

Institution: Banco de la República Colombia

Language: English

Topic: Culture, Economy, and Development Studies

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2134934015

FWCI: 3.759

Cites: 9

Cited by: 7

Related to: 10