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Abstract
We show that societies with a history of irrigation-based agriculture have been less likely to adopt democracy than societies with a history of rainfed agriculture. Rather than actual irrigation, the empirical analysis is based on how much irrigation potentially can increase yields.Irrigation potential is derived from a range of exogenous geographic factors, and reverse causality is therefore ruled out. Our results hold both at the cross-country level, and at the subnational
level in premodern societies surveyed by ethnographers.
level in premodern societies surveyed by ethnographers.
Original language | English |
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Publisher | Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen |
Number of pages | 32 |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Series | University of Copenhagen. Institute of Economics. Discussion Papers (Online) |
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Number | 06 |
Volume | 2012 |
ISSN | 1601-2461 |
Keywords
- Faculty of Social Sciences
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New Delhi Growth and Development Conference
Jeanet Sinding Bentzen (Speaker)
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