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No Reversal Of Fortune In The Long Run: Geography And Spatial Persistence Of Prosperity In Colombia, 1500-2005

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  • Meisel, Adolfo

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This paper examines the non-reversal of fortune thesis proposed by Acemoglu et al. (2002) in the light of the Colombian experience over the last 500 years. Using a total of fourteen national population censuses and the record of tributary Indians in 1559, it is found that the population density of Colombian regions presented a high degree of persistence through time. Thus, the evidence indicates that those places that were prosperous circa 1500 remain so today, and vice versa. These results indicate that the long-run influences of geography on regional economic disparities within a country are not negligible.

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  • Meisel, Adolfo, 2014. "No Reversal Of Fortune In The Long Run: Geography And Spatial Persistence Of Prosperity In Colombia, 1500-2005," Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 32(3), pages 411-428, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:reveco:v:32:y:2014:i:03:p:411-428_00
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    1. Leonardo Bonilla-Mejía & Iván Gonzalo Higuera-Mendieta, 2020. "Notas sobre la economía política del Caribe colombiano," Chapters, in: Jaime Bonet-Morón & Gerson Javier Pérez-Valbuena (ed.), 20 años de estudios sobre el Caribe colombiano, chapter 10, pages 335-372, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
    2. Karina Acosta & Hengyu Gu, 2024. "Reexamining a classical question: Does development push migration?," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 73(4), pages 2091-2115, December.
    3. Guillermo Perry & Eduardo GarcÔøΩa & Pedro JimÔøΩnez, 2015. "State Capabilities in Colombian Municipalities Measurement and Determinants," Documentos CEDE 12947, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
    4. Leopoldo Fergusson & Carlos Molina & James A. Robinson & Juan F. Vargas, 2017. "The Long Shadow of the Past: Political Economy of Regional Inequality in Colombia," Documentos CEDE 15445, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.

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    • N16 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General
    • N36 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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