The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply
Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson (2001) established that economic institutions today are correlated with expected mortality of European colonialists. David Albouy argues this relationship is not robust. He drops all data from Latin America and much of the data from Africa, making up almost 60 percent...
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| description | Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson (2001) established that economic institutions today are correlated with expected mortality of European colonialists. David Albouy argues this relationship is not robust. He drops all data from Latin America and much of the data from Africa, making up almost 60 percent of our sample, despite much information on the mortality of Europeans in those places during the colonial period. He also includes a "campaign" dummy that is coded inconsistently; even modest corrections undermine his claims. We also show that limiting the effect of outliers strengthens our results, making them robust to even extreme versions of Albouy's critiques. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/851902022-09-26T15:55:05Z The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply Acemoglu, Daron Johnson, Simon Robinson, James A Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics Sloan School of Management Acemoglu, Daron Johnson, Simon Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson (2001) established that economic institutions today are correlated with expected mortality of European colonialists. David Albouy argues this relationship is not robust. He drops all data from Latin America and much of the data from Africa, making up almost 60 percent of our sample, despite much information on the mortality of Europeans in those places during the colonial period. He also includes a "campaign" dummy that is coded inconsistently; even modest corrections undermine his claims. We also show that limiting the effect of outliers strengthens our results, making them robust to even extreme versions of Albouy's critiques. 2014-02-28T17:15:13Z 2014-02-28T17:15:13Z 2012-10 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0002-8282 1944-7981 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/85190 Acemoglu, Daron, Simon Johnson, and James A Robinson. “The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply.” American Economic Review 102, no. 6 (October 2012): 3077–3110. Copyright © 2012 by the American Economic Association https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0908-7491 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3354-7155 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.102.6.3077 American Economic Review Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Economic Association American Economic Association |
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