Geography,land inequality and regional numeracy in Europe in historical perspective

We find a relationship between geographic factors and numeracy in more than 300 regions of Europe around the year 1900. We argue that the distribution of land ownership is a plausible mechanism, given that it is related to the geographic factors under study. Consistent with theoretical studies in the Unified Growth Theory framework, we find that inequality in land distribution has a negative correlation with human capital formation as landowners did not have incentives to promote educational institutions or were not willing to pay the necessary taxes. This study explains a substantial share of the differences in development gradients between rural European regions in a historical perspective.     

Why Do Buyers Pay Different Prices for Comparable Products? A Structural Approach on the Housing Market

The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics - We focus on the housing market and examine why nonlocal home buyers pay 12% more for houses than local home buyers. We established a database on...