Marriage, War, Money? How Inheritance Impacted the Creation of the Modern State

Dialogues économiques
OCTOBER 17, 2022
Why did medieval inheritance rules prioritize men over women? Èric Roca Fernández uses a mathematical simulation to demonstrate how the systematic preference for men in inheritance rules helped European feudal fiefdoms transform into modern states.
Reference
Roca Fernández, Èric. 2021. “In the Name of the Father: Inheritance Systems and the Dynamics of State Capacity.” Macroeconomic Dynamics 25 (4): 896–923.
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