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SUMMARY:A Perfect Storm: First-Nature Geography and Economic Development -
  Christian Vedel (University of Southern Denmark)
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CONTACT:Aleksandra Dul
DESCRIPTION:In 1825 a storm cut a new channel through Denmark’s Limfjord
 \, providing an exogenous shock to first-nature geography. \nDifference-in
 -differences estimates show the channel raised trade immediately and\, wit
 hin a generation\, lifted population by 26.7 percent — an elasticity of 
 1.6 relative to market access improvement. Higher fertility and shifts int
 o fishing and manufacturing employment\, not migration\, drove the expansi
 on. A mirror experiment—the waterway’s closure circa 1086-1208 — cau
 sed symmetric declines in medieval coin and building finds\, bolstering ex
 ternal validity. These results offer robust causal evidence that first-nat
 ure geomorphology shapes the location of economic activity.\n\nJoin us on 
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LOCATION:William Hardy Building Room 101\, Department of Geography and on 
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