Western Europe in the Middle Ages: Demographic Transition
The State Space model of Western Europe in the Middle Ages ( WE_MA Model ) is an interesting comparison to the World Model for the same period ( W_MA Model ). The Western Europe Model has an Economic Growth, Demographic transition and a Malthusian Component while the World Model has a Temperature-Growth Controller and a Malthusian Controller. In this posting, I look at the Demographic Transition and Malthusian controller in Medieval Western Europe. Typically, these two controllers are not thought to do together. Notes Galor, Oded (2011). Unified Growth Theory . Princeton: Princeton University Press. Boulding, K. (1955) The Malthusian Model as a General System The Malthusian Controller (Q-N) System Theoretic interpretation of the Malthusian Model. For more information about data sources how the state space models were estimated see the Boiler Plate . You can run the WE_MA BAU Model on my Google Site here . Instructions in the...