The Effect of Geography and Institutions on Economic Development

The Case of Lodz

Bibliographic Data

ID3217107
AuthorsJoanna Dzionek-Kozlowska, Joanna Dzionek‐Kozłowska (0000-0003-2146-5491, Economic and Social Research Council), Kamil Kowalski (0000-0002-5548-0086, Institute of Economic Affairs), Rafal Matera (0000-0003-3683-0439, University of Lodz)
Year2018
Volume48
Issue4
Pages523-538
Publication date2018-02-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Interdisciplinary History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1953 • E-ISSN: 1530-9169
PublisherMIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1162/jinh_a_01198
OpenAlexW2791214199
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited2

Economic development in the Polish city of Lodz was a function of both geography and institutions. Neither geographical nor institutional factors, if taken separately, was a sufficient condition for long-term development. Although the economic achievements of Lodz depended on environmental factors throughout the entire period before World War I, dynamic progress there had to await the establishment of a beneficial institutional background-a change from wool to cotton production, the abolition of a custom's border, and the construction of a railway system-in the nineteenth century

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