acemogluetal: Colonial dataset

In johnson-shuffle/mixtape: Data for Causal Inference: The Mixtape by Scott Cunningham

Colonial dataset

Description

Data used in Acemoglu et al (2001) analysis of the effet of instiutions on economic performance.

Usage

acemogluetal

Format

A data frame with 64 rows and 8 variables:

countryn

full country name

shortnam

3 letter country name

africa

dummy = 1 for Africa

latitude

abs(latitude of capital) / 90

euro

% of European descent 1975, AJR

prot

prot against exprop, AJR

lgdp

Log GDP per cpaita

logmort

Log settler mortality

Source

http://economics.mit.edu/files/4123

References

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson. "The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation." American Economic Review 91.5 (2001):1369-1401.

See Also

ajrcomment

johnson-shuffle/mixtape documentation built on Nov. 15, 2023, 1:40 p.m.