The Importance of History for Economic Development
Another way in which historic events can have long-term impacts is if these past events permanently affect culture or norms of behavior. Although economics ...
Historical Events and their Effects on Long-Term Economic and ...
This thesis uses econometric methods to examine the effects of historical events and developments on aspects of economic and social development. Its ...
The Long Economic Hangover of Pandemics
While the rapid and unprecedented collapse of production, trade, and employment may be reversed as the pandemic eases, historical data suggest that long-term ...
The Macroeconomic Impacts of the 9/11 Attack: Evidence from Real ...
The 9/11 attack stands out as a particularly important event whose consequences need to be well understood. This study evaluates the macroeconomic impacts of ...
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES of WAR on the U.S. ECONOMY
It can be seen the war years of 1941 to 1945 saw one of the most significant short term increases in economic growth in the history of the U.S. economy. The top ...
The historical roots of economic development - Scholars at Harvard
The evi- dence suggests that this was because the fly prevented the adoption of domesticated ani- mals, which reduced trade, made agriculture.
Nathan Nunn Working Paper 14899
A wide variety of papers have documented the important effects that certain historic events have had on long-term economic development. These studies range ...
The economic costs of natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and other ...
We compare the direct and indirect economic losses from a variety of disruptions, including earthquakes, hurricanes, terrorist attacks, pandemic diseases, and ...
Measuring Economic Impacts of Historic Preservation
While there are variations among the studies, included in nearly all of them is an effort to measure that impact in four areas: the creation of jobs and ...
The Economic Impact of National Heritage Areas
Overall, we interpret our results as evidence that the economic impact of the Civil War was largely a Southern phenomenon that was undoubtedly an important ...
The Long Economic and Political Shadow of History Volume I. A ...
... (major) unrest events have a persistent effect on economic activity. Page 17. 16. Figure 9. Impact of RSUI-implied Unrest Events on GDP.
Economic Effects of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
Through robust programs, key partnerships, attractions and events, the Schuylkill River. NHA is able to tie the important history and culture of the Schuylkill ...
economic consequences of terrorism in developed and
The origins and implications of important events have long been studied by historians. Over the recent decades, economists have realised the importance of ...
Economic Impact of Historic Preservation in Texas
6 Certainly an event that caused 40 million worldwide deaths in a year should be closely examined not only for its historical significance, but also for what we ...