Figure 1.
The bar chart compares the share with a printing press across two categories. The bar for areas with no monastery is approximately 0.06. The bar for areas with a Dominican monastery is approximately 0.32. The vertical axis is labelled share with printing press and ranges from 0 to 0.5.Share of Dominican and non-Dominican cities with a printing press by 1500 AD
Note(s): The figure shows the difference in the share of cities with a printing press in 1500 AD among cities with and without a Dominican monastery in 1400 AD. Towns with a monastery are substantially more likely to adopt a printing press by 1500 AD. The data is presented in the “Data and empirical strategy” section