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Extraordinarily, the effects of the Spanish Inquisition linger to this day

By Jordi Vidal-Robert, Lecturer in Economics, University of Sydney
Hans-Joachim Voth, UBS Professor of Macroeconomics and Financial Markets, University of Zurich
Mauricio Drelichman, Associate Professor, Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia

Even now, 200 years on from the Spanish Inquisition, the locations affected appear to be poorer, less educated, and less trusting.

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