Geography, Capacity, and Inequality: Spatial Inequality

by Pablo Beramendi

In this Element, we investigate how economic geography, the distribution of subnational economic endowments within a nation, shapes long-run patterns of inequality through its impact on the development of fiscal capacity. We present an argument that links economic geography to capacity through different types of industrialization processes. We show how early industrializers shape spatial distributions domestically by investing in productivity across...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110882840X
• ISBN13: 9781108828406
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"