Of mice and merchants: trade and growth in the Iron Age
We study the causal connection between trade and development using one of the earliest massive trade expansions: the ?rst systematic crossing of open seas in the Mediterranean during the time of the Phoenicians. We construct a measure of connectedness along the shores of the sea. This connectivity v...
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University of Oxford
2018
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