14.74 | Spring 2009 | Undergraduate

Foundations of Development Policy

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Colonial history, institutions and economic development

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Lecture notes on colonial history, formal and informal institutions, economic development, the identification problem, using instrumental variables to solve the identification problem, using early settlers’ mortality as an instrument for the quality of institutions, and the impact of colo­nial institutions in India.

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Colonial history, institutions and economic development

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