The Importance of History for Economic Development

Nunn, Nathan

doi:10.3386/w14899

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“…1.1. Why History Matters: Some Theory, with Reference to Related Literature A growing literature investigates the different mechanisms leading to the fact that history often has long-term repercussions for economic development (Nunn, 2009(Nunn, , 2014Spolaore and Wacziarg, 2013 for reviews). First, historical circumstances and events can shape the state and evolution of formal institutions that survive and affect economic interactions and outcomes today (North, 1990).…”

Section: Theoretical and Historical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Empire is Dead, Long Live the Empire! Long‐Run Persistence of Trust and Corruption in the Bureaucracy

Becker

Boeckh

Hainz

et al. 2015

The Economic Journal

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Katrin Boeckh (OEI Regensburg and U Munich)Christa Hainz (Ifo, CESifo, and WDI) Ludger Woessmann (U Munich, Ifo, CESifo, and IZA) Do empires affect attitudes towards the state long after their demise? We hypothesize that the Habsburg Empire with its localized and well-respected administration increased citizens' trust in local public services. In several Eastern European countries, communities on both sides of the long-gone Habsburg border have been sharing common formal institutions for a century now. Identifying from individuals living within a restricted band around the former border, we find that historical Habsburg affiliation increases current trust and reduces corruption in courts and police. Falsification tests of spuriously moved borders, geographic and pre-existing differences, and interpersonal trust corroborate a genuine Habsburg effect.

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Section: Theoretical and Historical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Empire is Dead, Long Live the Empire! Long‐Run Persistence of Trust and Corruption in the Bureaucracy

Becker

Boeckh

Hainz

et al. 2015

The Economic Journal

418

273

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“…A literature has emerged, which has linked the euro crisis to cultural differences across euro member countries (Guiso, Herrera, and Morelli 2016), and which has tried to define optimal arrangements for European institutions when member states are heterogeneous (Boffa, Piolatto, and Ponzetto 2016). We link this with another recent literature, which emphasizes that individual experiences (Ehrmann and Tzamourani 2012;Giuliano and Spilimbergo 2014;Malmendier and Nagel 2011) and even events that happened hundreds of years ago Zingales 2006, 2016;Nunn 2009;Voigtländer and Voth 2012) shape economic views and preferences. One important cultural determinant of economic outcomes is religion (Barro and McCleary 2005;Guiso, Sapienza, and Zingales 2003;Iannaccone and Berman 2008;Renneboog and Spaenjers 2012).…”

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confidence: 89%

The Protestant Fiscal Ethic: Religious Confession and Euro Skepticism in Germany

Chadi

Krapf

2017

Economic Inquiry

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research at DIW BerlinThis series presents research findings based either directly on data from the German SocioEconomic Panel study (SOEP) or using SOEP data as part of an internationally comparable data set (e.g. CNEF, ECHP, LIS, LWS, CHER/PACO). SOEP is a truly multidisciplinary household panel study covering a wide range of social and behavioral sciences: economics, sociology, psychology, survey methodology, econometrics and applied statistics, educational science, political science, public health, behavioral genetics, demography, geography, and sport science.The decision to publish a submission in SOEPpapers is made by a board of editors chosen by the DIW Berlin to represent the wide range of disciplines covered by SOEP. There is no external referee process and papers are either accepted or rejected without revision. Papers appear in this series as works in progress and may also appear elsewhere. They often represent preliminary studies and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be requested from the author directly.Any opinions expressed in this series are those of the author(s) and not those of DIW Berlin.Research disseminated by DIW Berlin may include views on public policy issues, but the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions. AbstractDuring the European sovereign debt crisis, most countries that ran into fiscal trouble had Catholic majorities, whereas countries with Protestant majorities were able to avoid fiscal problems. Survey data show that, within Germany, views on the euro differ between Protestants and Non-Protestants, too. Among Protestants, concerns about the euro have, compared to Non-Protestants, increased during the crisis, and significantly reduce their subjective wellbeing only. We use the timing of survey interviews and news events in 2011 to account for the endogeneity of euro concerns. Emphasis on moral hazard concerns in Protestant theology may, thus, still shape economic preferences.

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“…Intergenerational transmission of culture makes history, often remote, including colonization, violence, slave trade, migration and other historic landmarks, relevant to contemporary attitudes and behaviour (see, e.g. Grosfeld et al, 2013;Nunn, 2009). Civic culture or lack thereof is an important part of such legacies.…”

Section: Culture As Legacymentioning

confidence: 99%

Chronicles of a democracy postponed

Gaber

Polishchuk

Sokolov

et al. 2018

Econ of Transit and Inst Chang

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We explain a lack of civic culture in today's Russia, closely related to a democratic deficit in the country, by a path dependency which has originated at the critical juncture of transition to market economy. Suppression of democracy in the early 1990s to expedite unpopular reform exposed the new institutional order to oligarchic capture and set in motion a vicious circle of extractive economic and political institutions. The latter have been shaping views and attitudes in the society via institutional learning, continuously suppressing civic culture and solidifying social foundations for extractive institutions. We present evidence from the World Values Survey supporting the above conclusions.

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The Importance of History for Economic Development

Cited by 93 publications

References 32 publications

The Empire is Dead, Long Live the Empire! Long‐Run Persistence of Trust and Corruption in the Bureaucracy

The Empire is Dead, Long Live the Empire! Long‐Run Persistence of Trust and Corruption in the Bureaucracy

The Protestant Fiscal Ethic: Religious Confession and Euro Skepticism in Germany

Chronicles of a democracy postponed

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