The origin of the state: land productivity or appropriability?

Journal of Political Economy • Vol/Iss. 130(4) • The University of Chicago Press • • Published In • Pages: 1091-1144 •
By Mayshar, Joram, Moav, Omer, Pascali, Luigi

Hypothesis

The location of ancient cities may be positively associated with the availability of wild relatives of domesticated cereal crops.

Note

Ancient cities are used as a proxy for hierarchical complexity.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Ordinary least squares regressionSupportedp< .01UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Wild Relatives of Cereal GrainIndependentFlora
Ancient citiesDependentTerritorial Hierarchy, Cities