This book brings together a number of previously published articles by Stanley L. Engerman and Kenneth L. Sokoloff. Its essays deal with differences in the rates of economic growth in Latin American and mainland North America, specifically the United States and Canada. It demonstrates how relative differences in growth over time are related to differences in the institutions that developed in different economies. This variation is driven by differences in major institutions suffrage, education, tax policy, land and immigration policy, and banking and financial organizations. These factors, in turn, are all related to differences in endowments, climate and natural resources. Providing a comprehensive treatment of its topic, the essays have been revised to reflect new developments and research.
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Weight: 610g
Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
Publication Date: 14 Nov 2011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780521251372
About Kenneth L. SokoloffStanley L. Engerman
Stanley L. Engerman is John H. Munro Professor of Economics and Professor of History at the University of Rochester. He is the author of Slavery Emancipation and Freedom: Comparative Perspectives (2007) Naval Blockades in Peace and War (with Lance Davis 2007) and Finance Intermediaries and Economic Development (with Philip T. Hoffman Kenneth L. Sokoloff and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal Cambridge University Press 2003). He is a co-editor of the three-volume Cambridge Economic History of the United States (with Robert E. Gallman) and The Cambridge World History of Slavery (with Keith Bradley Paul Cartledge and David Eltis). Kenneth L. Sokoloff (19522007) was a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California Los Angeles. Among his many publications he co-authored Human Capital and Institutions: A Long-Run View (with David Eltis and Frank D. Lewis Cambridge University Press 2009) and Finance Intermediaries and Economic Development (with Stanley L. Engerman Philip T. Hoffman and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal Cambridge University Press 2003).