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Dincecco, Mark, Fenske, James, Menon, Anil and Mukherjee, Shivaji (2022) Pre-colonial warfare and long-run development in India. Economic Journal, 132 (643). pp. 981-1010. doi:10.1093/ej/ueab089 ISSN 0013-0133.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab089
Abstract
Does pre-colonial history – and in particular the role of interstate warfare – help explain long-run development patterns across India? To address this question, we construct a new geocoded database of historical conflicts on the Indian subcontinent. We document a robust positive relationship between pre-colonial conflict exposure and local economic development today. Drawing on archival and secondary data, we show that districts that were more exposed to pre-colonial conflict experienced greater early state-making, followed by lower political violence and higher investments in physical and human capital in the long term.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | War -- Economic aspects -- India, India -- Economic conditions, India -- Politics and government, India -- History, Military, War and society -- India | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Economic Journal | ||||||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0013-0133 | ||||||||
Official Date: | April 2022 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 132 | ||||||||
Number: | 643 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 981-1010 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1093/ej/ueab089 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Re-use Statement: | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Economic Journal following peer review. The version of record [insert complete citation information here] is available online at: xxxxxxx [insert URL and DOI of the article on the OUP website]. | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 12 October 2021 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 3 December 2021 | ||||||||
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