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Natural experiments in European economic history: The Reformation, the French Revolution, and medieval universities.

机译:欧洲经济史中的自然实验:改革,法国大革命和中世纪大学。

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This dissertation consists of three essays related both by their common topic---an investigation into the long-run determinants of economic progress in European history---and by their reliance on natural experiments as a source to identify causal effects.;The first essay approaches the "Weber hypothesis" by considering the growth of German cities over the period 1300--1900. I exploit the heterogeneity and stability of denominational affiliations across the territories of the Holy Roman Empire. I find no effects of Protestantism on economic growth; this result is robust to the inclusion of a variety of controls, and does not depend on data selection or small sample size. In addition, Protestantism has no effect when interacted with other likely determinants of economic development. I also analyze the endogeneity of religious choice; instrumental variables estimates of the effects of Protestantism are similar to the OLS results.;The second essay considers the impact of the French Revolution on neighboring countries. French invasion removed the legal and economic barriers that protected the nobility, guilds, and urban oligarchies and established the principle of equality before the law, preparing those economies to reap the benefits of new economic and industrial opportunities in the second half of the 19th century. We find that areas occupied by the French experienced more rapid urbanization and economic growth, especially after 1850. A two-stage least squares strategy confirms that, within the territories of Germany, the economic and social reforms instigated by the French had a causal effect on economic growth.;The last essay analyzes the "Commercial Revolution" of the late Middle Ages. We present a new dataset that documents the economic transformation of the German lands of the Holy Roman Empire using information on the incorporation of cities and the establishment of markets. Using this dataset, we find that medieval universities, exogenously established in Germany as a result of the Papal Schism, supported increased economic activity. We argue that medieval universities affected market expansion by training thousands of individuals in the law; these individuals then went on to shape the legal institutions that enforced contracts and structured economic activity.
机译:本文由三篇论文组成,这两篇论文的共同主题是对欧洲历史上经济发展的长期决定因素的调查,而后者则依靠自然实验来确定因果关系。这篇文章通过考虑1300--1900年德国城市的增长来探讨“韦伯假说”。我在整个神圣罗马帝国的领土上利用宗派关系的异质性和稳定性。我发现新教对经济增长没有影响。此结果对于包含各种控件是可靠的,并且不依赖于数据选择或小的样本量。此外,新教与其他可能影响经济发展的决定因素相互作用时没有任何作用。我还分析了宗教选择的内生性。新教主义影响的工具变量估计与OLS结果相似。;第二篇文章考虑了法国大革命对邻国的影响。法国的入侵消除了保护贵族,行会和城市寡头的法律和经济障碍,并​​确立了法律面前人人平等的原则,为这些经济体准备在19世纪下半叶收获新的经济和工业机会带来的好处。我们发现,法国人占领的地区经历了更快的城市化和经济增长,尤其是在1850年之后。采用了两阶段最小二乘策略,证实了在法国境内,法国人发起的经济和社会改革对法国产生了因果关系。经济增长。;上一篇文章分析了中世纪晚期的“商业革命”。我们提供了一个新的数据集,它使用有关城市合并和市场建立的信息来记录神圣罗马帝国德国土地的经济转型。使用此数据集,我们发现,由于教皇分裂而在德国外来建立的中世纪大学支持经济活动的增长。我们认为,中世纪的大学通过培训成千上万的法律人来影响市场的扩张。然后,这些人继续塑造执行合同和结构化经济活动的法律机构。

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  • 作者

    Cantoni, Davide Werner.;

  • 作者单位

    Harvard University.;

  • 授予单位 Harvard University.;
  • 学科 History European.;Economics History.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2010
  • 页码 217 p.
  • 总页数 217
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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