Law, human capital, and the emergence of free city-states in medieval Italy
Marianna Belloc|Francesco Drago|Roberto Galbiati
Abstract This paper considers how the foundation of first universities in Italy affected emergence free city-states (the communes) period 1000–1300 CE. Exploiting a panel dataset 121 cities, we show that time variant distance sample cities to their closest university is inversely correlated with probability transition communal institutions. Our evidence consistent hypothesis medieval provided useful juridical knowledge and skills for building legal capacity developing
European Journal of Law and Economics|RePEc: Research Papers in Economics|Econstor (Econstor)