RT Conference Proceedings
T1 The economic consequences of the spanish Reconquest: The long-term effects of medieval conquest and colonization
A1 Oto-Peralias, Daniel
A1 Romero-Ávila, Diego
K1 España - Historia - 0718-1492 (Reconquista) - Aspectos económicos
AB This paper shows that a historical process that ended more than five centuries ago, theReconquest, is very important to explain Spanish regional economic development down tothe present day. An indicator measuring the rate of Reconquest reveals a heavily negativeeffect on current income differences across the Spanish provinces. A main interveningfactor in the impact the Reconquest has had is the concentration of economic and politicalpower in a few hands, excluding large segments of the population from access to economicopportunities when Spain entered the industrialization phase. The timing of the effect isconsistent with this argument. A general implication of our analysis is that large frontierexpansions may favor a political equilibrium among the colonizing agents that is biasedtoward the elite, creating the conditions for an inegalitarian society, with negativeconsequences for long-term economic developmenT
YR 2016
FD 2016-03-30
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10630/11092
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10630/11092
LA eng
NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026