The origins of the economy: a comparative study of distribution in primitive and peasant economies

External trade is positively related to contact with the West and inversely related to the population of the total society (130).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Multiple regression	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Population Size	Independent	Population
External Trade	Dependent	External Trade
Contact with the West	Independent	Acculturation And Culture Contact

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Pryor, Frederic L.	1977	External trade is strongly related to the level of economic development (130).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Korotayev, Andrey V.	2008	The importance of trade will be related to warfare frequency (42)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ringen, Erik J.	2019	Societies with external trade of food will be less likely to have daily food sharing norms than those where external food exchange is absent.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Pryor, Frederic L.	1977	An association between extensive trade and money is more likely to be found in external commercial transactions than in internal commercial transactions (407).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Grueter, Cyril C.	2014	Internal warfare will decrease with increasing external warfare, intercommunity trade, and patrilocal residence (6).	Not Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author