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      On the Absence of Development Assistance in Early Modern Visions of Universal Monarchy, Cosmopolitan Confederation and Balance of Power Alliances

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              Islam, inequality and pre-industrial comparative development

              This study explores the interaction between trade and geography in shaping the Islamic economic doctrine. We build a model where an unequal distribution of land quality in presence of trade opportunities conferred differential gains from trade across regions, fostering predatory behavior by groups residing in the poorly endowed territories. We show that in such an environment it was mutually beneficial to institute an economic system of income redistribution featuring income transfers in return for safe passage to conduct trade. A commitment problem, however, rendered a merely static redistribution scheme unsustainable. Islam developed a set of dynamic redistributive rules that were self-enforcing, in regions where arid lands dominated the landscape. While such principles fostered the expansion of trade within the Muslim world they limited the accumulation of wealth by the commercial elite, shaping the economic trajectory of Islamic lands in the pre-industrial era.
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                SSRN Electronic Journal
                SSRN Journal
                Elsevier BV
                1556-5068
                2023
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                10.2139/ssrn.4560342
                353a49d7-627a-4a49-8c1f-adc1eb583553
                © 2023
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