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Record Nr.

UNINA9910359559603321

Titolo

Classical trade protectionism 1815-1914 / / edited by Jean-Pierre Dormois and Pedro Lains

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2006

ISBN

1-134-26295-7

1-134-26296-5

1-280-56382-6

9786610563821

0-203-69886-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (380 p.)

Collana

Routledge explorations in economic history ; ; 32

Classificazione

83.42

Altri autori (Persone)

DormoisJean-Pierre

LainsPedro

Disciplina

382.73094

382/.7309034

Soggetti

Protectionism - History

Free trade - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-362) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. The myth of free-trade Britain and fortress France: Tariffs and trade in the nineteenth century; 2. Free trade and protection in nineteenth-century Britain and France revisited: A comment on Nye; 3. Protectionism is "special": Reply to Irwin on free trade; 4. Measuring protection: A cautionary tale; 5. Measuring protection in the early twentieth century; 6. Assessing the protectionist intensity of tariffs in nineteenth-century European trade policy; 7. Tariffs and growth in the late nineteenth century

8. Interpreting the tariff-growth correlation of the late nineteenth century9. The impact of late-nineteenth-century tariffs on the productivity of European industries (1870-1930); 10. Protection and Italian economic development: Much ado about nothing; 11. From virtual free-trade to virtual protectionism: Or, did protectionism have any part in Germany's rise to commercial power 1850-1913; 12.



Protectionism and Portuguese industrialisation; 13. Spanish protectionism during the Restauración, 1875-1930; 14. The role of open economy forces in Portugal and the Balkans, 1870-1913

15. A model of later-nineteenth-century European economic developmentReferences; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Including contributions from such figures as Douglas Irwin, James Foreman-Peck, Kevin O'Rourke and Max-Stefan-Schulze, this key book summarizes the recent empirical research carried out on the issue of the classical period of trade protectionism. It provides a basis for revising widely held views on the standard effects of tariffs on economic structures and progress, as well as a historical perspective on recent developments.Long-held views on modern trade policies have been challenged by the introduction of recent theoretical developments in international economics and in mea

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910716237403321

Titolo

Metropolitan police and fire departments, District of Columbia. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, $ 165,525 ; also a proposed authorization affecting an existing appropriation. June 7, 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Printing Office], , 1926

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (2 pages)

Collana

House document / 69th Congress, 1st session. House ; ; no. 419

[United States congressional serial set ] ; ; [serial no. 8579]

Altri autori (Persone)

CoolidgeCalvin <1872-1933.>

Soggetti

Eminent domain

Roads - Design and construction

Roads

Streets

Uniforms

Fire fighters

Police

Cost

Legislative materials.



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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