Of mice and merchants: connectedness and the location of economic activity in the Iron Age
We study the causal relationship between geographic connectedness and development using one of the earliest massive trade expansions: the first systematic crossing of open seas in the Mediterranean during the time of the Phoenicians. We construct a geography based measure of connectedness along the...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press
2020
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