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Long-Run Cultural Divergence: Evidence From the Neolithic Revolution
(2015-05)
This paper investigates the long-run infuence of the Neolithic Revolution on contemporary cultural norms and institutions as reflected in the dimension of collectivism-individualism. We outline an agricultural origins-model ...
State History and Economic Development: Evidence from Six Millennia
(2014-08)
All since the rise of the first civilizations, economic development has been closely intertwined with the evolution of states. In this paper, we contribute to the literature on state history and long-run economic development ...
A Western Reversal since the Neolithic? The long-run impact of early agriculture
(2013-01)
While it is widely believed that regions which experienced a transition to Neolithic
agriculture early also become institutionally and economically more advanced, many
indicators suggest that within the Western agricultural ...