Plausibly Exogenous [1464] - Colonial Rule (02/04/2024)
LHS Variable
GDP per capita
RHS Variable
Colonial experience
Source of Exogenous Variation
instrument for length of colonization using variation in prevailing wind patterns — wind speed and direction had a significant effect on historical colonial rule but do not have a direct effect on GDP today
- Feyrer and Sacerdote (2009), “Colonialism and modern income: islands as natural experiments”