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Epidemic trade

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  • Boerner, Lars
  • Severgnini, Battista

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This paper uses the spread of disease as a proxy to measure economic interactions. Based on a case study of the Black Death (1346-51) in the Mediterranean region and Europe, we find geographic, institutional, and cultural determinants of trade. To achieve this we create and empirically test a trade model between cities. Our findings allow us to create a new methodology to measure economic interaction and shed light on open questions in economics, especially pertaining to trade, economic history, and growth

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  • Boerner, Lars & Severgnini, Battista, 2014. "Epidemic trade," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 60382, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    • Handle: RePEc:ehl:lserod:60382
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    Keywords

    trade; Black Death; gravity model; Poisson pseudo maximum likelihood; spatial regression discontinuity;
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    JEL classification:

    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
    • N13 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Europe: Pre-1913
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General

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