Tropics, Germs, and Crops: How Endowments Influence Economic Development
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- Easterly, William & Levine, Ross, 2003. "Tropics, germs, and crops: how endowments influence economic development," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 50(1), pages 3-39, January.
- William Easterly & Ross Levine, 2002. "Tropics, Germs, and Crops: How Endowments Influence Economic Development," Working Papers 15, Center for Global Development.
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- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
- N1 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2002-08-16 (Development)
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