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Can Openness Mitigate the Effects of Weather Shocks? Evidence from India's Famine Era

2010, Burgess Robin, American Economic Review. 100 (2)
Publication URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.100.2.449
Publication Type:
Journal Article
Project: Infrastructure and development: evidence from India and East Africa
Themes:
Urban/Rural
Keywords:
Economicsethnic-patronagefinancial-infrastructureinfrastructure-investmentmortalityrailwaysroadstradetransportationweather-shocks