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N Nunn - The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007 - qje.oxfordjournals.org
Abstract Is a country's ability to enforce contracts an important determinant of comparative
advantage? To answer this question, I construct a variable that measures, for each good, the
proportion of its intermediate inputs that require relationship-specific investments. ...
Can part of Africa's current underdevelopment be explained by its slave trades? To explore
this question, I use data from shipping records and historical documents reporting slave
ethnicities to construct estimates of the number of slaves exported from each country ...
N Nunn… - The Organization of Firms in a …, 2008 - ecmappdlv01.law.nyu.edu
ABSTRACT: Using data on US intra-firm and arm's-length imports for 5,423 products and
210 countries, we examine the determinants of the share of US imports that are intra-firm.
Three determinants of this share have been proposed:(1) Antràs (2003) focuses on the ...
This article provides a survey of a growing body of empirical evidence that points towards
the important long-term effects that historic events can have on current economic
development. The most recent studies, using micro-level data and more sophisticated ...
We investigate the historical origins of mistrust within Africa. Combining contemporary
household survey data with historic data on slave shipments, we show that individuals
whose ancestors were heavily raided during the slave trade today exhibit less trust in ...
There is controversy about whether geography matters mainly because of its
contemporaneous impact on economic outcomes or because of its interaction with historical
events. Looking at terrain ruggedness, we are able to estimate the importance of these ...
N Nunn - Journal of Development Economics, 2007 - Elsevier
Recent studies have found evidence linking Africa's current under-development to colonial
rule and the slave trade. Given that these events ended long ago, why do they continue to
matter today? I develop a model, exhibiting path dependence, which provides one ...
N Nunn - Institutions and economic performance, 2008 - books.google.com
In a series of influential papers (Engerman and Sokoloff 1997, 2002, 2006; Sokoloff and
Engerman 2000), economic historians Stanley Engerman and Kenneth Sokoloff argue that
the different development experiences of the countries in the Americas can be explained ...
Abstract Can Africa's current state of under-development be partially attributed to the large
trade in slaves that occurred during the Atlantic, Saharan, Red Sea and Indian Ocean slave
trades? To answer this question, I combine shipping data with historical records that report ...
N Nunn… - The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2011 - qje.oxfordjournals.org
Abstract We exploit regional variation in suitability for cultivating potatoes, together with time
variation arising from their introduction to the Old World from the Americas, to estimate the
impact of potatoes on Old World population and urbanization. Our results show that the ...
AF Alesina, P Giuliano… - 2011 - nber.org
This paper seeks to better understand the historical origins of current differences in norms
and beliefs about the appropriate role of women in society. We test the hypothesis that
traditional agricultural practices influenced the historical gender division of labor and the ...
N Nunn - 2004 - en.scientificcommons.org
Abstract Slavery Institutional Development and Long Run Growth Africa Nathan Nunn
August Abstract Can Africa current state under development partially attributed the large
trade slaves that occurred during the Atlantic Saharan Red Sea and Indian Ocean slave ...
[CITATION] Columbus's contribution to world population and urbanization: A natural experiment examining the introduction of potatoes
N Nunn… - Mimeogr., Harvard Univ, 2008
N Nunn… - The journal of economic perspectives, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
Abstract: This paper provides an overview of the long-term impacts of the Columbian
Exchange—that is, the exchange of diseases, ideas, food crops, technologies, populations,
and cultures between the New World and the Old World after Christopher Columbus' ...
N Nunn… - University of Toronto, 2004 - homes.chass.utoronto.ca
Abstract We consider what the distribution of trade protection across industries tells us about
a nation's ability to successfully control rent-seeking behavior. Does a government fall prey
to rent-seekers, who are solely interested in barring foreign competitors, or is trade ...
N Nunn… - American Economic Journal: …, 2010 - ipl.econ.duke.edu
ABSTRACT: We show that the 'skill-bias' of a country's tariff structure is positively correlated
with long-term per capita GDP growth. Testing for causal mechanisms, we find evidence
consistent with the existence of real benefits from tariffs focused in skill-intensive ...
N Nunn - American Economic Review Papers and …, 2010 - ws1.ad.economics.harvard.edu
Within economics, there has been a recent effort to better understand the notion of culture,
typically defined as beliefs, values, and norms held by individuals. Empirical work has
focused on identifying systematic cultural differences between individuals from different ...
D Berger, W Easterly,
N Nunn… - 2010 - nber.org
We exploit the recent declassification of CIA documents and examine whether there is
evidence of US power being used to influence countries' decisions regarding international
trade. We measure US influence using a newly constructed annual panel of CIA ...
It has long been recognized that a country's tariffs are the endogenous outcome of a rent-
seeking game whose equilibrium reflects national institutions. Thus, the structure of tariffs
across industries provides insights into how institutions, as reflected in tariff policies, affect ...
N Nunn… - … paper, 68th annual meeting of the …, 2008 - international.ucla.edu
Abstract Trust is increasingly perceived as having a significant effect on trade, public goods
provision, conflict resolution and even democratic consolidation. In this paper we investigate
the historical determinants of trust within Africa, by testing for a long-term impact of the ...
[CITATION] The political economy of tariffs and long-term growth
N Nunn… - Cambridge, MA: Harvard University. Mimeo. Available …, 2007
[CITATION] Forthcoming.“The Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa.”
N Nunn… - American Economic Review
A Alesina, P Giuliano… - 2011 - nber.org
The current study finds that societies which historically engaged in plough agriculture today
have lower fertility. We argue, and provide ethnographic evidence, that the finding is
explained by the fact that with plough agriculture, children, like women, are relatively less ...
[CITATION] Christianity in Colonial Africa
N Nunn - Manuscript, Harvard University, 2009
[CITATION] VThe Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa
N Nunn… - American Economic Review, 2009
N Nunn - mimo, University of Brittish Columbia, 2007 - economics.harvard.edu
To construct estimates of the number of slaves from each country shipped during Africa's
four slave trades, I rely on two kinds of data. The first kind are shipping records that report
the total number of slaves exported from each port or region within Africa. Although these ...
The possibility that political influence and power may play an important role in international
trade has long been recognized. Theoretical studies date back from at leas t Hirschman
(1945), with more recent contributions including Galtung (1971) and Antràs and Padro-i- ...
[CITATION] Forthcoming.“Relationship Specificity, Incomplete Contracts, and the Pattern of Trade.”
N Nunn - Quarterly Journal of Economics
[CITATION] tThe Historical Impact of the Potato on World Population
N Nunn… - 2008 - uBrown University Working Paper
N Nunn - Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, 2009 - economics.harvard.edu
ABSTRACT: Using information on the locations of Catholic and Protestant missions during
Africa's Colonial period, I examine the long-term impact of Protestant and Catholic
missionary activity on religious conversion, education, civic participation and attitudes ...
[CITATION] Aiding Conflict: The Unintended Consequences of US Food Aid on Civil War, 1976–2004
N Nunn… - manuscript, Harvard University, 2010
N Nunn - Development, 2003 - uoguelph.ca
Abstract Despite the existence of empirical studies linking Africa's current underdevelopment
to its colonial history, a formal theoretical explanation of this link has yet to be made. How
could colonialism have had apparently lasting impacts? I provide a game-theoretic model ...
[CITATION] VRelationship&Specificity
N Nunn - Incomplete Contracts, and the Pattern of Trade, V …, 2006
N Nunn - Natural Experiments of History (Cambridge, MA: …, 2008 - scholar.harvard.edu
Abstract This chapter uses statistical techniques to assess whether there is evidence that
Africa's slave trades had a detrimental impact on long-term economic development. This is
done by first constructing estimates of the number of slaves taken from each region of ...
N Nunn… - The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2012 - MIT Press
Abstract We show that geography, through its impact on history, can have important effects
on economic development today. The analysis focuses on the historic interaction between
ruggedness and Africa's slave trades. Although rugged terrain hinders trade and most ...
[CITATION] 0The Boundaries of the Multinational Firm: An Empirical Analysis, 1 in Elhanan Helpman, Dalia Marin and Tierry Verdier (eds.). The OrgaM nization of …
N Nunn… - 2008 - Cambridge, MA: Harvard University …
N Nunn… - 1976 - econ.as.nyu.edu
Abstract This study paper examines the impact food aid on conflict. We identify a causal
effect by exploiting time-variation in US food aid provision arising from local weather shocks
in American wheat producing regions. We show that because of price supports, in years ...
[CITATION] VHistorical Legacies: A model linking Africass past to its current underdevelopmentV
N NATHAN - Journal of Development Economics, 2007
[CITATION] Forthcoming. The Boundaries of the Multinational Firm: An Empirical Analysis
N Nunn… - The Organization of Firms in a …
N Nunn… - 2008 - scholar.harvard.edu
Abstract: Using data on US intra-firm and arm's-length imports for 5,705 products imported
from 220 countries, we examine the determinants of the share of US imports that are intra-
firm. We examine two predictions that arise fro m Antrà s (2003), Antràs & Helpman (2008) ...
N Nunn… - Department of Economics, Harvard University, 2008 - ucl.ac.uk
ABSTRACT: We investigate the historical origins of mistrust within Africa. Combining
contemporary household survey data with historic data on slave shipments by ethnic group,
we show that individuals whose ancestors were heavily threatened by the slave trade ...
[CITATION] Forthcoming.“Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa.”
N Nunn… - The Review of Economics and Statistics
[CITATION] sThe Boundaries of the Multinational Firm: An Empirical Analysis. tE. Helpman, D. Marin, and T. Verdier (eds.), The Organization of Firms in a Global …
N Nunn… - 2008 - Harvard University Press
[CITATION] the Pattern of Trade
N Nunn… - 2006 - mimeo, University of British …
N Nunn - 2006 - gradworks.umi.com
Abstract: In this thesis, I study the relationship between countries' domestic institutions and
international trade. Chapters 1 and 2 consider the effect that domestic institutions have on
trade. In Chapter 1, I develop a model that illustrates how a country's ability to enforce ...
This paper examines the effect of US food aid on conflict in recipient countries. To establish
a causal relationship, we exploit time variation in food aid caused by fluctuations in US
wheat production together with cross-sectional variation in a country's tendency to receive ...
We examine the supply-side and demand-side determinants of global bilateral food aid
shipments between 1971 and 2008. First, we find that domestic food production in
developing countries is negatively correlated with subsequent food aid receipts, ...
N Nunn, D Berger, W Easterly… - scholar.harvard.edu
Abstract: We exploit the recent declassification of CIA documents and examine whether
there is evidence of US power being used to influence countries' decisions regarding
international trade. We measure US influence using a newly constructed annual panel of ...
AF Alesina, P Giuliano… - 2011 - cepr.org
This paper seeks to better understand the historical origins of current differences in norms
and beliefs about the appropriate role of women in society. We test the hypothesis that
traditional agricultural practices influenced the historical gender division of labor and the ...
N Nunn… - The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2011 - cloudlychen.net
... Liyun Chen Barcelona Graduate School of Economics By Nathan Nunn and Nancy Qian. The
Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 2011. Liyun Chen (BGSE) ... 1 By Nathan Nunn and Nancy
Qian. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 2011. Why potatoes? ...
E Oster, N Nunn, LW NYU, S Wolcott, M Kremer… - Policy, 2012 - iga.ucdavis.edu
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[CITATION] The Impact of Potatoes on World Population and Urbanization during the 18th and 19th Centuries: Evidence from a Historic Natural Experiment
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N Nunn - Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2010
N Nunn, A Alesina… - scholar.harvard.edu
Abstract: This paper seeks to better understand the historical origins of current differences in
norms and beliefs about the appropriate role of women in society. We test the hypothesis
that traditional agricultural practices influenced the historical gender division of labor and ...
N Nunn - 2005 - scholar.harvard.edu
Abstract Standard economic models of marriage contracts, starting with Becker (1981),
explain the existence of the dowry and bride-price as pecuniary transfers necessary to clear
marriage markets. These models predict that when marriage payments are made, either a ...
N Nunn… - 2008 - princeton.edu
Recently, a rich research agenda examining the determinants of intra-firm trade has
developed. Unlike the older literature on international trade in the presence of imperfect
competition eg, Helpman and Krugman (198 5), the current literature provides a much ...
N Nunn - 2000 - tek.bke.hu
Abstract There are three primary goals of this paper. The first is to provide the reader with a
general overview of the socialist calculation debate, including a complete description of the
major writings during the debate. The second goal is to illustrate the two dominant views ...
N Nunn - 2006 - ws1.ad.economics.harvard.edu
Abstract I show that whether domestic knowledge spillovers are domestic or international in
scope is an important determinant of administered protection in the United States. Using
data from US patents, I construct, for each industry, a measure of the proportion of cites of ...
N Qian… - Working Papers, 2010 - econpapers.repec.org
In this paper regional variation in suitability for cultivating potatoes, together with time
variation arising from their introduction to the Old World from the Americas is being
exploited, to estimate the impact of potatoes on Old World population and urbanization. ...
Abstract I show that whether domestic knowledge spillovers are domestic or international in
scope is an important determinant of antidumping duties in the United States. Using data
from US patents, I construct a measure of the proportion of cites in each industry that are ...
This paper examines the effect of US food aid on conflict in recipient countries. To establish
a causal relationship, we exploit time variation in food aid caused by fluctuations in US
wheat production together with cross-sectional variation in a country's tendency to receive ...
A Alesina, P Giuliano… - 2010 - econ.brown.edu
Abstract Female labor force participation can be influenced by persistent differences in
cultural norms about the perception of women in society. We empirically examine where
these differences come from. Central to our explanation are historic differences in ...
A Alesina, P Giuliano… - 2011 - scholar.harvard.edu
Abstract: This paper seeks to better understand the historical origins of current differences in
norms and beliefs about the appropriate role of women in society. We test the hypothesis
that traditional agricultural practices influenced the historical gender division of labor and ...
This article discusses the importance of accounting for cultural values and beliefs when
studying the process of historical economic development. A notion of culture as heuristics or
rules-of-thumb that aid in decision making is described. Because cultural traits evolve ...
We exploit regional variation in suitability for cultivating potatoes, together with time variation
arising from their introduction to the Old World from the Americas, to estimate the impact of
potatoes on Old World population and urbanization. Our results show that the introduction ...
N Nunn - 2004 - homes.chass.utoronto.ca
To construct measures of country-level slave exports, I rely on two kinds of data. The first are
shipping records, that report the total number of slaves exported from each port or region of
Africa. These data provide an estimate of the total number of slaves exported from each ...
[CITATION] Aiding Conflict: The Unintended Consequences of US Food Aid on Civil War, 1976-2004 (Preliminary and Incomplete)
N Nunn - 2005 - homes.chass.utoronto.ca
Abstract Standard economic models of marriage contracts, starting with Becker (1981),
explain the existence of the dowry and bride-price as pecuniary transfers necessary to clear
marriage markets. These models predict that when marriage payments are made, either a ...
[CITATION] Domestic Knowledge Spillovers and Strategic Trade Policy
J Gerring, N Nunn, R Woodberry, P Bol, W Guan… - people.bu.edu
Every challenge facing the world today has a history--in most cases, a very long one. These
histories matter, not simply because we wish to understand the causes of a current problem
but also because we wish to understand its trajectory. One's perspective on an issue is ...
N Nunn - 2005 - sticerd.lse.ac.uk
Abstract When relationship-specific investments are necessary for production, under-
investment occurs if contracts cannot be enforced. The efficiency loss from under-investment
will differ across industries depending on the importance of relationship-specific ...
N Nunn… - 2009 - nber.org
Abstract This paper investigates the widely held belief that donor-driven food aid does not
achieve the primary objective of food aid, which is to improve health conditions. We exploit
plausibly exogenous variation in the amount of US food aid received by Sub-Sahara ...
A Alesina, P Giuliano… - 2010 - artsci.wustl.edu
Abstract: This paper studies the historic origins of current differences in norms and beliefs
about the role of women in society. We show that, consistent with anthropological
hypotheses, societies with a tradition of plough agriculture tend to have the belief that the ...
WE NYU,
N Nunn, SS NYU… - bc.sas.upenn.edu
Abstract What are the economic consequences of United States interventions to install and
prop up political leaders in other countries? The absence of reliable information on covert
interventions has hitherto served as an obstacle to seriously addressing this question. The ...
N Nunn… - 2008 - mauricio.econ.ubc.ca
ABSTRACT: We investigate the historical origins of mistrust within Africa. Combining
contemporary household survey data with historic data on slave shipments by ethnic group,
we show that individuals whose ancestors were heavily threatened by the slave trade ...
There is controversy about whether geography matters mainly because of its
contemporaneous impact on economic outcomes or because of its interaction with historical
events. Looking at terrain ruggedness, we are able to estimate the importance of these ...
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