Land Redistribution, Political Inequality, and Crisis: Evidence from the Cromwellian Settlement in Ireland

• In Event: Historical State Development

Brief Overview

Leveraging a large-scale natural experiment during the Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland, we study the long-run consequences of land redistribution for political and economic development.

Authors

• Jeremy Bowles, Stanford University

• Michael Patrick Olson, Washington University in St Louis

• Gabriel Koehler-Derrick, New York University Abu Dhabi