The persistence literature treats historical legacies as something close to a stylized fact. My new paper with amazing @letitiaroman.bsky.social challenges this view, theorising conditions under which legacies break and testing our framework on Ottoman corruption in Romanian healthcare. 1/

Can a Catholic institution produce a Protestant-style development outcome? Yes, if the comparison group is Eastern Orthodoxy. My new paper in Studies in Comparative International Development uses an 18th-century Habsburg natural experiment in Transylvania to show exactly that. 📜🧵⬇️

Vlad Surdea-Hernea@vladsurdea.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Does the Protestant ethic require Protestantism? ⛪ I study an 18th-century natural experiment in Transylvania to revisit this debate. New article out today in Studies in Comparative International Development 🧵 1/18 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Does the Protestant ethic require Protestantism? ⛪ I study an 18th-century natural experiment in Transylvania to revisit this debate. New article out today in Studies in Comparative International Development 🧵 1/18 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Protestant Ethic Without Protestantism: The Developmental Role of the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church - Studies in Comparative International Development

Studies in Comparative International Development - A large literature documents the developmental advantages of Protestantism over Catholicism, yet comparisons involving Eastern Orthodoxy remain...

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1/18 🚨 Why do some far-right candidates succeed by openly praising fascist movements? In my (very new) working paper, I look at Romania’s 2024 presidential election, where Călin Georgescu won the first round. I argue that historical "consensual mobilization" creates persistent local memories. 🗳️👇

1/18 🚨 Why do some far-right candidates succeed by openly praising fascist movements? In my (very new) working paper, I look at Romania’s 2024 presidential election, where Călin Georgescu won the first round. I argue that historical "consensual mobilization" creates persistent local memories. 🗳️👇

🚨 Why do people protest against authoritarian regimes even when facing extreme danger? 🚨 In our new paper on Romania's 1989 Revolution, we find that communities exposed to the communist Gulag showed 5x higher dissent levels. doi.org/10.1177/0010... 1/🧵

🚨 Why do people protest against authoritarian regimes even when facing extreme danger? 🚨 In our new paper on Romania's 1989 Revolution, we find that communities exposed to the communist Gulag showed 5x higher dissent levels. doi.org/10.1177/0010... 1/🧵