Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution
Has this study been replicated?
The atlas records 1 replication of this study. Recorded outcomes: 1 mixed. The earliest on record is from 2014.
Replications
- Persistence of Fortune: Accounting for Population Movements, There Was No Post-Columbian Reversal, Chanda et al. (2014). American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics. Outcome recorded: mixed.
we confirm a reversal of fortune for colonized countries as territories, but find persistence of fortune for people and their descendants.
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Acemoglu, D., Johnson, S., & Robinson, J. A. (2002). Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 117(4), 1231–1294. https://doi.org/10.1162/003355302320935025
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