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American Economic Review· 2012Q1

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

Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson

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This reply argues that criticisms of the 2001 Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson paper on colonial origins of development are not robust, as they rely on dropping significant data and inconsistent coding.

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