What explains the difference in the performance of the world’s nations? Why do some succeed, and others fail? I argue that the primary determinants of development are two[...]

Spatial income inequality refers to the unequal distribution of income across communities. This study broadens the concept to include residential segregation, central cit[...]

The following dissertation adds to the literature on income convergence and population growth in the United States. It also expands knowledge on the relatively underexplo[...]

This dissertation employs an interdisciplinary perspective to examine the relationship between economic development and environmental quality in China. The first essay in[...]