The long shadow of history : roman legacy and economic development - evidence from the German limes

Wahl, Fabian

The long shadow of history : roman legacy and economic development - evidence from the German limes

dc.contributor.author	Wahl, Fabian	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T08:51:43Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T08:51:43Z
dc.date.created	2015-09-07
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.description.abstract	This paper contributes to the understanding of the long-run consequences of Roman rule on economic development. In ancient times, the area of contemporary Germany was divided into a Roman and non-Roman part. The study uses this division to test whether the formerly Roman part of Germany show a higher nightlight luminosity than the non-Roman part. This is done by using the Limes wall as geographical discontinuity in a regression discontinuity design framework. The results indicate that economic development—as measured by luminosity—is indeed significantly and robustly larger in the formerly Roman parts of Germany. The study identifies the persistence of the Roman road network until the present as an important factor causing this development advantage of the formerly Roman part of Germany both by fostering city growth and by allowing for a denser road network.	en
dc.identifier.swb	445041188
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5943
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-11188
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences; 2015,08
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	en
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_mit_pod.php
dc.subject	Roman empire	en
dc.subject	Economic development	en
dc.subject	Germany	en
dc.subject	Boundary discontinuity	en
dc.subject	Transport infrastructure	en
dc.subject	Persistence	en
dc.subject.ddc	330
dc.subject.gnd	Deutschland	de
dc.subject.gnd	Wirtschaftsgeschichte	de
dc.subject.gnd	Wirtschaftsentwicklung	de
dc.title	The long shadow of history : roman legacy and economic development - evidence from the German limes	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	en
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	de
local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.faculty.number	3	de
local.institute.number	520	de
local.opus.number	1118
local.series.issueNumber	2015,08
local.series.title	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences	en
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Institute for Economics	en
local.university.institute	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre	de

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