Colonial Theories of Institutional Development
Toward a Model of Styles of Imperialism
Samenvatting
This book analyzes the role played by initial endowments and colonizer identity in seeking to explain institutional development in former colonies. It presents a model of two styles of imperialism that integrates the colonial origin and endowment views explaining current institutions. The authors argue that Great Britain and Portugal adopted an ‘economically-oriented’ style, which was pragmatic and sensitive to initial conditions. For this style of imperialism the endowment view is applicable. In contrast, France employed a ‘politically-oriented’ style of imperialism, in which ideological and political motivations were more present. This led to a uniform colonial policy that largely disregarded initial endowments. In turn, the case of Spain represents a hybrid of the two models. The empirical analysis presented here reveals a remarkable degree of heterogeneity in the relationship of endowments and colonizer identity with current institutions.
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<p>1.1 On the importance of institutions</p>
<p>1.2 Determinants of institutional quality: The key role of European colonialism</p>
<p><1.3 Toward a model of styles of imperialism</p>
<p>1.4 Preliminary empirical evidence</p>
<p>1.5 Structure of the study</p>
<p>Chapter 2. Views Linking Colonialism with Institutions</p>
<p>2.1. The Colonial Origin View</p>
<p>2.2. The Endowment View</p>
<p>2.3. The Eclectic View</p>
2.4 Other Related Literature<p></p>
<p> 2.4.1 Additional studies on colonialism</p>
<p> 2.4.2 Studies about the importance of precolonial institutions</p>
<p> 2.4.3 Other work on the historical roots of comparative development</p>
<p>Chapter 3. A Model of Two Styles of Imperialism 3.1. The Theoretical Framework</p> <p>3.2. An Application to European Colonial Empires</p>
<p> 3.2.1. The British Empire</p>
<p> 3.2.2. The French Empire</p>
<p> 3.2.3. The Spanish Empire</p>
<p> 3.2.4. The Portuguese Empire</p>
<p> 3.2.5. The Remainder Empires</p>
<p>3.3. Some General Observations between Domestic Conditions and the Style of Imperialism</p>
<p>Chapter 4. Empirical Methodology and Baseline Regression Results</p>
<p>4.1. Empirical Strategy and Data Description</p>
<p>4.2. Initial Results: Additive Model versus Interaction Model</p>
<p>Chapter 5. Sensitivity to Alternative Theories</p>
<p>5.1 Timing and Duration of Colonization</p>
5.2 Sociological and Anthropological Factors<p></p>
<p>5.3 Geographic and Climatic Factors</p>
<p>Chapter 6. Further Sensitivity Analyses</p>
<p>6.1. Robustness to Sample Selection and Outliers</p>
<p>6.2 Robustness to Institutional Indicators</p>
<p>6.3 Robustness to Endowment Indicators</p>
6.4. Limiting the Range in the Distribution of Endowments to French Range<p></p>
<p>Chapter 7. Exploring the Mechanism of Colonial Rule</p>
<p>Chapter 8. The Legacy of European Colonialism on Relevant Determinants of Institutional Development</p>
<p>Chapter 9.Conclusions</p>
<p>References</p>
<p>Appendix </p><p><br></p>