Regional divergences: why did Extremadura fail to undergo economic development alongside the rest of Spain in the 20th Century

本论文的目的是通过对埃斯特雷马杜拉地区的个案研究，探讨造成该地区发展失败的历史经济因素。这一问题的相关性是多重的：它不仅涉及西班牙区域差异的棘手问题，而且从最贫穷地区的角度来理解西班牙增长的不平等程度。通过研究为什么经济表现会对一个国家的各个地区产生不同的影响，它将为经济一体化文献提供新的见解。此外，本研究使用埃斯特雷马杜拉作为案例研究的结论可以用于更广泛的区域经济学辩论，如工业化在区域财富和地方机构的地位的作用。这一建议汇集了一系列特点，为经济史文学的不同分支做出了相关贡献，从西班牙经济史文学到更大的发展文学。

The aim of this dissertation will be to study the historical economic factors that have contributed to the development failure of Extremadura, by taking the region as a case study. The relevance of this question is multiple: it addresses not only the thorny issue of Spain's regional divergences, but it does so from the viewpoint of the poorest region to understand how unequal Spanish growth has been. By studying why economic performance affects areas differently within a country, it will offer new insights on the economic integration literature. Furthermore, the conclusions of this research using Extremadura as a case study could be use on broader debates in regional economics, such as the role of industrialisation in regional wealth and the place of local institutions. This proposal assembles a series of characteristics to make a relevant contribution to different branches of economic history literature, from Spanish economic history literature to the larger development literature in general.