Cassidy, Traviss and Dincecco, Mark and Onorato, Massimiliano Gaetano The Economic Legacy of Warfare: Evidence from European Regions. EIC working paper series #6/2015 IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca ISSN 2279-6894. (Submitted)
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Abstract
Historical warfare in Europe inflicted numerous costs on rural populations. To reduce such costs, rural populations relocated behind the relative safety of urban fortifications. We argue that war-related urbanization had positive consequences for long-run regional economic development. We geocode the locations of more than 600 conflicts in early modern Europe. We find a positive and significant relationship between historical conflict exposure and regional economic development today. Our results are robust to a wide range of econometric techniques, alternative samples, and economic outcomes. Human capital accumulation stands out as one channel through which war-related urbanization translated into regional economic development. Our results highlight the military origins of Europe’s wealthy urban belt
| Item Type: | Working Paper (EIC working paper series) |
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| Additional Information: | Updated on March 2016 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Keywords: warfare, cities, political and economic development, Europe - JEL codes: C20, O10, N40, N90, P48, R11 |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D901 Europe (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory U Military Science > U Military Science (General) |
| Research Area: | Economics and Institutional Change |
| Depositing User: | Caterina Tangheroni |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jul 2015 11:19 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Mar 2016 10:51 |
| URI: | http://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/2728 |
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