The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutioanl Change and Economic Growth

This paper documents that the Rise of (Western) Europe between 1500 and 1850 is largely accounted for by the growth of European nations with access to the Atlantic, and especially by those nations that engaged in colonialism and long di...

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Main Authors: Acemoglu, Daron, Johnson, Simon H., Robinson, James A.
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: 2003
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/1857