Browsing by Author "Coşgel, Metin"
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Comparative development in the Middle East
Coşgel, Metin; Yıldırım, Sadullah. (XVIII World Economic History Congress (WEHC), 2018)Whereas certain regions and countries in the Middle East are currently enjoying incomes that are among the highest in the world, others are in extreme poverty. Although much of this difference may be attributable to climate ... -
The political economy of trade and production in Ottoman Anatolia
Coşgel, Metin; Yıldırım, Sadullah. (Koç Üniversitesi, 2017)This paper studies the emergence of Malikane Divani system and its impact on economic outcomes in the Ottoman Empire in 16th century. Developing an argument based on state capacity, it empirically establishes a strong ... -
Religion and state capacity: Ottoman Europe in 1530
Coşgel, Metin; Popescu, Bogdan; Yıldırım, Sadullah. (XVIII World Economic History Congress, 2018)We study the relationship between religion and state capacity in the European districts of the Ottoman Empire in the year 1530. Starting from a small tribe settled in northwestern Anatolia at the end of the thirteenth ... -
Religiosity: Identifying the effect of pluralism
Coşgel, Metin; Hwang, Jungbin; Miceli, Thomas J.; Yıldırım, Sadullah. (Elsevier, 2019)Economists and sociologists have long disagreed over the effect of pluralism on religios- ity, the question of whether the number religions in a society lessens or heightens peo- ple’s beliefs and participation. The ...
