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The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Comment

David Y. Albouy · American Economic Review 102(6), 3059–3076 · 2012

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Type: Article
Author: David Y. Albouy
Identifier: DOI 10.1257/aer.102.6.3059
Accessed: 2026-09-01

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DisputedAcemoglu, Johnson and Robinson used settler mortality as an instrument for institutions and estimated large effects of institutions on national income; Albouy argued that the mortality data are often imputed or incomparable and that the estimates are not robust.