Finding Eldorado: Slavery and long-run development in Colombia

Slavery has been a major institution of labor coercion throughout history. Colonial societies used slavery intensively across the Americas, and slavery remained prevalent in most countries after independence from the European powers. We investigate the impact of slavery on long-run development in Co...

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Main Authors: Acemoglu, Daron, Robinson, James A., Garcia-Jimeno, Camilo
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101227
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0908-7491

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