The Consequences of Radical Reform: The French Revolution
研究了法国大革命对邻国德国的影响，发现其废除特权、确立法律平等，为19世纪下半叶的工业发展铺路，被占领地区在1850年后城市化增长更快。
The French Revolution had a momentous impact on neighboring countries. It removed the legal and economic barriers protecting oligarchies, established the principle of equality before the law, and prepared economies for the new industrial opportunities of the second half of the 19th century. We present within-Germany evidence on the long-run implications of these institutional reforms. Occupied areas appear to have experienced more rapid urbanization growth, especially after 1850. A two-stage least squares strategy provides evidence consistent with the hypothesis that the reforms instigated by the French had a positive impact on growth.