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We investigate the relationship between media competitiveness and political mobilization during the Quebec Rebellion of 1837-38. We argue that the rebellion was

In new research, Patrick Crawford and Vincent Geloso find that areas in Lower Canada with more newspaper competition were more likely to rebel in Quebec’s 1837 Rebellion. Irrespective of political lea...

Britain’s postwar sugar rationing was an accidental experiment. Decades on, it’s revealing how early diet shapes cancer risk, ageing and eating habits for life.

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Abstract. We study rainmaking as an instrumental religious belief. We present a model in which a religious leader tries to persuade people to believe. Pray

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This paper examines how environmental heterogeneity influences the formation of close-knit communities. I provide support for the social learning hypothesis, which posits that diverse environmental co...

Abstract. This paper examines the effect of expanding transportation networks on spatial industrial growth across the United States from 1953 to 2016. I

Abstract. This paper tests whether inequality shapes the redistributive impact of democratization by examining changes to the governance of councils provid

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