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Which of the following works discusses the economic effects of slavery in the United States?
Which of the following works discusses the economic effects of slavery in the United States?
- AJR: The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development
- Constitution by Jefferson
- Biasi and Moser: Effects of Copyrights on Science
- Bleakley and Rhode: The Economic Effects of American Slavery, Redux (correct)
Which work explores the influence of patent laws on innovation?
Which work explores the influence of patent laws on innovation?
- The Beginnings of Industrialization
- Moser: How Do Patent Laws Influence Innovation (correct)
- Carlson: Causes of Bank Suspensions in the Panic of 1893
- Hammond: Banks and Politics in America
Which of the following works discusses the social state of Anglo-Americans from an outsider's perspective?
Which of the following works discusses the social state of Anglo-Americans from an outsider's perspective?
- Gavin Wright: Property and Progress
- Engerman and Sokoloff
- Founding Choices: American Economic Policy in the 1790s by Irwin and Sylla
- Tocqueville: The Social State of the Anglo-Americans (correct)
Which work examines the economic policies of the United States in the 1790s?
Which work examines the economic policies of the United States in the 1790s?
Which work explores the role of banks in American politics?
Which work explores the role of banks in American politics?
What is the role of factor endowments in the development of early institutions?
What is the role of factor endowments in the development of early institutions?
What type of colonies were more likely to have bad modern institutions and low levels of prosperity?
What type of colonies were more likely to have bad modern institutions and low levels of prosperity?
According to Engerman and Sokoloff, what factor determines the course of society?
According to Engerman and Sokoloff, what factor determines the course of society?
Why do colonies with precious metals and large indigenous populations tend to have high inequity?
Why do colonies with precious metals and large indigenous populations tend to have high inequity?
In Engerman and Sokoloff's framework, what is the relationship between early institutions and modern levels of prosperity?
In Engerman and Sokoloff's framework, what is the relationship between early institutions and modern levels of prosperity?
What is the significance of settler mortality on current economic performance according to AJR's research?
What is the significance of settler mortality on current economic performance according to AJR's research?
Why did colonization strategy, as discussed in AJR's research, vary between extractive states and neo-European states?
Why did colonization strategy, as discussed in AJR's research, vary between extractive states and neo-European states?
What is the causal chain proposed by AJR regarding settler mortality and modern economic performance?
What is the causal chain proposed by AJR regarding settler mortality and modern economic performance?
Why are mortality rates faced by soldiers, bishops, and sailors in the colonies significant according to AJR?
Why are mortality rates faced by soldiers, bishops, and sailors in the colonies significant according to AJR?
What other factors, apart from settler mortality, may have influenced colonization decisions as mentioned in AJR's research?
What other factors, apart from settler mortality, may have influenced colonization decisions as mentioned in AJR's research?
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