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Shifting Frontiers Economic Consequences Of The Polish Partitions, Andrew J. Fox
Shifting Frontiers Economic Consequences Of The Polish Partitions, Andrew J. Fox
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This thesis uses spatial regression discontinuity design to examine the impacts of historical border changes on economic development in modern Poland. Positive effects on institutions and infrastructure are found in the Austro-Hungarian zone of the Polish partition, while the Prussian zone suffer negative consequences due to 20th-century destruction and post-war expulsions.