@techreport{20.500.12134/6128, author = {Meisel-Roca, Adolfo}, year = {2014}, month = {8}, url = {https://repositorio.banrep.gov.co/handle/20.500.12134/6128}, abstract = {This paper examines the non-reversal of fortune thesis proposed by Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson (2002) in the light of the Colombian experience over the last 500 years. Using a total of 14 national population censuses and the record of tributary Indian}, publisher = {Banco de la República}, booktitle = {Borradores de Economía}, volume = {Borradores de Economía; No. 841}, title = {No reversal of fortune in the long run : geography and spatial persistence of prosperity in Colombia, 1500-2005}, keywords = {Comparative economic history}, keywords = {Demographic economics}, keywords = {Latin America}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.32468/be.841}, }