Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson (2001)
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson
American Economic Review, 91, December 2001: pp. 1369-1401.
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Software Requirements: Stata 9 or higher
Table 1: Summary Statistics (Program and Data Files)
Table 2: OLS Regressions (Program and Data Files)
Table 3: Determinants of Institutions (Program and Data Files)
Table 4: IV Regressions of Log GDP per Capita (Data and Program Files)
Table 5: IV Regressions of Log GDP per Capita with Additional Controls (Data and Program Files)
Table 6: Robustness Checks for IV Regressions with Log GDP Per Capita (Data and Program Files)
Table 7: Geography and Health Variables (Data and Program Files)