Documents & Reports
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Legislative malapportionment and institutional persistence (English)
This paper argues that legislative malapportionment, denoting a discrepancy between the share of legislative seats and the share of population held by electoral districts, serves as a tool for pre-democratic...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS5467 Document Date: November 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bruhn,Miriam,Gallego,Francisco Antonio,Onorato, Massimiliano
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Good, bad, and ugly colonial activities : do they matter for economic development? (English)
Levels of development vary widely within countries in the Americas. We argue that part of this variation has its roots in the colonial era, when colonizers engaged in different economic activities in different...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 94663 Document Date: September 29, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bruhn,Miriam,Gallego,Francisco Antonio
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Good, bad, and ugly colonial activities : studying development across the Americas (English)
Levels of economic development vary widely within countries in the Americas. This paper argues that part of this variation has its roots in the colonial era. Colonizers engaged in different economic activities...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS4641 Document Date: June 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bruhn,Miriam,Gallego,Francisco Antonio