Stefan Nikolić
Biographic Data
| ID | 1099150 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stefan Nikolić |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stefan |
| FAMILY NAME | Nikolić |
| SIGNATURE | NIKOLIĆ S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Loughborough University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8744-922X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Vanishing Borders
This article uses the creation of a paradigmatic multi-ethnic state, Yugoslavia, in 1918, and a novel large dataset of grain prices to examine the effect of ethnicity on trade costs when borders changed. Controlling for transport costs and import tariffs, we find a large but transitory border effect. Ethno-religious differences initially significantly increased price gaps, but their negative influence vanished over time as well. The decline was v…
Ethnic Conflicts, Civil War, and Economic Growth
This paper studies the long‐term effects of the Yugoslav civil war (1987–1995) on subnational economic growth across 78 regions in five former Yugoslav republics from 1950 to 2015. We construct counterfactual growth trajectories using a robust region‐level donor pool from 32 conflict‐free countries. Applying a hybrid synthetic control and difference‐in‐differences approach, we find that the civil war inflicted significant regional per capita GDP …
Why railways fail
Are railways always a harbinger of prosperity? We examine the economic effects of railways in Bosnia–Herzegovina under Habsburg colonial rule. Our novel dataset consistently tracks the non-agricultural population share of over 4500 settlements in Habsburg Bosnia in 1885, 1895, and 1910, based on census records. Applying the inconsequential units approach, with least-cost paths as our instrumental variable, we estimate the effect of railway access…
Spatial inequality in prices and wages within a late-developing economy
Serbia emerged as a small independent nation-state in the economic periphery of nineteenth-century Europe. This article leverages uniquely abundant town-level data to examine spatial inequality in prices and wages within this late-developing economy. I first build a new dataset on prices of traded and household goods, and wages of skilled and unskilled workers for a panel of 42 urban settlements in Serbia in the period from 1863 to 1910. I apply …
Income inequality in Eastern Europe
This article provides novel estimates of long-term income inequality in Bulgaria and Czech Lands/Czechoslovakia in the twentieth century. Relying on newly-constructed datasets and the social tables approach, we measure inequality between salient social strata. We find that Czechoslovakia was significantly more unequal than Bulgaria before 1945. Inequality converged to similarly low levels under socialism. Decomposition analysis by social classes …
Income inequality in Eastern Europe
This article provides novel estimates of long-term income inequality in Bulgaria and Czech Lands/Czechoslovakia in the twentieth century. Relying on newly-constructed datasets and the social tables approach, we measure inequality between salient social strata. We find that Czechoslovakia was significantly more unequal than Bulgaria before 1945. Inequality converged to similarly low levels under socialism. Decomposition analysis by social classes …
Income inequality in Eastern Europe
This article provides novel estimates of long-term income inequality in Bulgaria and Czech Lands/Czechoslovakia in the twentieth century. Relying on newly-constructed datasets and the social tables approach, we measure inequality between salient social strata. We find that Czechoslovakia was significantly more unequal than Bulgaria before 1945. Inequality converged to similarly low levels under socialism. Decomposition analysis by social classes …
Spatial inequality in prices and wages within a late-developing economy
Serbia emerged as a small independent nation-state in the economic periphery of nineteenth-century Europe. This article leverages uniquely abundant town-level data to examine spatial inequality in prices and wages within this late-developing economy. I first build a new dataset on prices of traded and household goods, and wages of skilled and unskilled workers for a panel of 42 urban settlements in Serbia in the period from 1863 to 1910. I apply …
Vanishing Borders
This article uses the creation of a paradigmatic multi-ethnic state, Yugoslavia, in 1918, and a novel large dataset of grain prices to examine the effect of ethnicity on trade costs when borders changed. Controlling for transport costs and import tariffs, we find a large but transitory border effect. Ethno-religious differences initially significantly increased price gaps, but their negative influence vanished over time as well. The decline was v…
Ethnic Conflicts, Civil War, and Economic Growth
This paper studies the long‐term effects of the Yugoslav civil war (1987–1995) on subnational economic growth across 78 regions in five former Yugoslav republics from 1950 to 2015. We construct counterfactual growth trajectories using a robust region‐level donor pool from 32 conflict‐free countries. Applying a hybrid synthetic control and difference‐in‐differences approach, we find that the civil war inflicted significant regional per capita GDP …
Why railways fail
Are railways always a harbinger of prosperity? We examine the economic effects of railways in Bosnia–Herzegovina under Habsburg colonial rule. Our novel dataset consistently tracks the non-agricultural population share of over 4500 settlements in Habsburg Bosnia in 1885, 1895, and 1910, based on census records. Applying the inconsequential units approach, with least-cost paths as our instrumental variable, we estimate the effect of railway access…
Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (3 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Economy (2 works) · Inequality (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Balkans: History, Politics, Society (1 work) · Capital (architecture (1 work) · Census (1 work) · Colonialism (1 work)