Elise S. Brezis


Professor of Economics


Curriculum vitae



Head, Forum Macro of Israel


Department of Economics


Bar-Ilan University, Israel



Geography, Economics and Political Systems: A Bird’s Eye View


Journal article


Elise S. Brezis, Thierry Verdier
CESifo DICE Report, vol. 12(1), ifo Institute, Munich, 2014 Mar, pp. 29-36

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Brezis, E. S., & Verdier, T. (2014). Geography, Economics and Political Systems: A Bird’s Eye View. CESifo DICE Report, 12(1), 29–36.

Chicago/Turabian
Brezis, Elise S., and Thierry Verdier. “Geography, Economics and Political Systems: A Bird’s Eye View.” CESifo DICE Report 12, no. 1 (March 2014): 29–36.

MLA
Brezis, Elise S., and Thierry Verdier. “Geography, Economics and Political Systems: A Bird’s Eye View.” CESifo DICE Report, vol. 12, no. 1, ifo Institute, Munich, Mar. 2014, pp. 29–36.


Abstract

Economists have only recently started to analyze the impact of geography on economics. This article will examine the various avenues of research that have been taken, wherein the notion of geography mostly encompasses matters related to location, soils, and topography; but also to climate and epidemiology.

The first part of the article focuses on the relationship between geography and economics, while the second part relates geography to political systems and public economics.

Keywords: geography, political economy, climate