One Explanation for Greater Economic Development in Moderate Versus Tropical

question 39

Multiple Choice

One explanation for greater economic development in moderate versus tropical climates is that institutions established by colonial settlers in moderate climates ______, while institutions established by colonists in tropical climates ______.

• A) were based on English common law; were based on the Napoleonic Code
• B) were based on the Napoleonic Code; were based on English common law
• C) protected property rights; were extractive and authoritarian
• D) were extractive and authoritarian; protected property rights

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