Plausibly Exogenous [716] - Of Potatoes and Men (01/04/2022)
LHS Variable
Old World population and urbanization
RHS Variable
Potatoes
Source of Exogenous Variation
Regional variation in suitability for cultivating potatoes, together with time variation arising from their introduction to the Old World from the Americas
- Nunn and Qian (2011), “The Potato's Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence From A Historical Experiment”