One explanation for greater economic development in moderate versus tropical climates is that institutions established by colonial settlers in moderate climates ______, while institutions established by colonists in tropical climates ______.
A) were based on English common law; were based on the Napoleonic Code
B) were based on the Napoleonic Code; were based on English common law
C) protected property rights; were extractive and authoritarian
D) were extractive and authoritarian; protected property rights

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Institutions established in moderate climates tended to protect property rights, while institutions established in tropical climates tended to be extractive and authoritarian. This is because the colonial settlers in moderate climates were often from countries with established legal systems based on common law, while those in tropical climates were often from countries with authoritarian or extractive colonial traditions.

One Explanation for Greater Economic Development in Moderate Versus Tropical