Fortgeschrittene Quantitative Wirtschaftsgeschichte: Geography vs. institutions as drivers of long-term economic development (SoSe 2024)

Veranstaltungszeitplan

Hinweis

Wednesdays 2 to 4 p. m., room xx. The seminar starts on April 10, 2024

Beschreibung

Spatial patterns of economic growth are characterized by long-term persistence, suggesting that they are shaped by fundamental forces operating in the past. The seminar gives an introduction to the literatures on the economic effects of the emergence of modern political regimes and colonialism as well as on the interplay between physical and economic geography. Students will acquire the ability to read and discuss empirical studies related to long-term characteristics of economic growth.

Literatur

Literaturhinweise: Daron Acemoglu/James A. Robinson, Warum Nationen scheitern. Die Ursprünge von Macht, Wohlstand und Armut, Frankfurt 2013; Jared Diamond, Arm und Reich. Die Schicksale menschlicher Gesellschaften, Frankfurt 1999; Stephen Broadberry/Kyoji Fukao (Hg.), Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World, Bd. 1: 1700 to 1870, Cambridge 2021, Kap. 14 und 15.

Dozenten

• Professor Dr. Ulrich Pfister (verantwortlich)