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Individual fixed effects in his regressions

Q1.Indicate whether the following statement is true or false. Explain your answer. Your answer should be no longer than one paragraph.
According to the Engerman-Sokoloff hypothesis, the key determinant of colonial-era institutions in the Americas was the identity of the colonizing country; in particular, countries colonized by England tended to have less extractive institutions, while those colonized by Spain tended to have more extractive institutions.
Q2. Indicate whether the following statement is true or false. Explain your answer. Your answer should be no longer than one paragraph.
Fogel and Engerman’s argument for the relative efficiency of southern agriculture hinges on their ability to measure labour input accurately in the South and the North; however, their ability to measure capital and land input has no bearing on their argument.
Q3. Indicate whether the following statement is true or false. Explain your answer. Your answer should be no longer than one paragraph.
According to Naidu (2010), enticement fines are useful for uncovering the effect of mobility-limiting institutions on labour markets because they were selectively enforced and the fines were rarely paid.
Q4 Answer the following short answer question. Your answer should be no longer than one paragraph.
Discuss the role of path dependence in uncovering the causal effect of institutions on development.
Q5Answer the following short answer question. Your answer should be no longer than one paragraph.
Why are plantation records suitable for studying the determinants of infant mortality among American slaves, but not for estimating the rate of infant mortality among American slaves?
Q6 Answer the following short answer question. Your answer should be no longer than one paragraph.
Why does Naidu (2010) include individual fixed effects in his regressions of an indicator for worker mobility on the maximum enticement fine in Arkansas?

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