Colonisation, Institutions and Development: New Evidence
批评了当前关于长期经济增长的两大主流解释（制度与地理因素），通过实证模型发现制度起核心作用，但地理条件也有影响，并指出跨国估计需辅以历史分析。
Abstract\n This article analyses current attempts to identify the factors underlying long-term economic growth. The author criticises some of the arguments on which the two main explanations that dominate recent literature are based: institution vs. geographical factors. Using an eclectic approach, the author considers the role of geography, trade, human capital and institutional quality in explaining development. The results of the empirical model confirm the central role of institutions in long-term economic growth. However, certain geographical conditions also seem to have influenced countries? development. Several questions remain to be answered, suggesting that cross-country estimations need to be complemented with historical analysis.