Replication data for: The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Daron Acemoglu; Simon Johnson; James A. Robinson

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Project Citation:

Acemoglu, Daron, Johnson, Simon, and Robinson, James A. Replication data for: The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2012. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112564V1

Project Description

Summary: Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson (2001) established that economic institutions today are correlated with expected mortality of European colonialists. David Albouy argues this relationship is not robust. He drops all data from Latin America and much of the data from Africa, making up almost 60 percent of our sample, despite much information on the mortality of Europeans in those places during the colonial period. He also includes a "campaign" dummy that is coded inconsistently; even modest corrections undermine his claims. We also show that limiting the effect of outliers strengthens our results, making them robust to even extreme versions of Albouy's critiques. (JEL D02, E23, F54, I12, N40, O43, P14)

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      D02 Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
      E23 Macroeconomics: Production
      F54 Colonialism; Imperialism; Postcolonialism
      I12 Health Behavior
      N40 Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: General, International, or Comparative
      O43 Institutions and Growth
      P14 Capitalist Systems: Property Rights

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