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The new comparative economic history : essays in honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson / / edited by Timothy J. Hatton, Kevin H. O'Rourke, and Alan M. Taylor



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Titolo: The new comparative economic history : essays in honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson / / edited by Timothy J. Hatton, Kevin H. O'Rourke, and Alan M. Taylor Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2007
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (431 p.)
Disciplina: 330.9/034
Soggetto topico: Economic history - 19th century
Economic history - 20th century
Soggetto non controllato: ECONOMICS/Economic History
Altri autori: WilliamsonJeffrey G. <1935->  
HattonT. J  
O'RourkeKevin H  
TaylorAlan M. <1964->  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction : the new comparative economic history / Timothy J. Hatton, Kevin H. O'Rourke, and Alan M. Taylor -- India in the great divergence / Robert C. Allen -- What made Britannia great? How much of the rise of Britain to world dominance by 1850 does the industrial revolution explain? / Gregory Clark -- Did European commodity prices converge during 1500-1800? / Süleyman Özmucur and Şevket Pamuk -- Market integration and convergence in the world wheat market, 1800-2000 / Giovanni Federico and Karl Gunnar Persson -- Biological globalization : the other grain invasion / Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode -- Other people's money : the evolution of bank capital in the industrialized world / Richard S. Grossman -- Education, migration, and regional wage convergence in U.S. history / William J. Collins -- Democracy and protectionism / Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor -- A dual policy paradox : why have trade and immigration policies always differed in labor-scarce economies? / Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson -- Breaking the fetters : why did countries exit the interwar gold standard? / Holger C. Wolf and Tarik M. Yousef -- Were Jews political refugees or economic migrants? Assessing the persecution theory of Jewish emigration, 1881-1914 / Leah Platt Boustan -- Inequality and poverty in Latin America : a long-run exploration / Leandro Prados de la Escosura -- The convergence of living standards in the Atlantic economy, 1870-1930 / George R. Boyer -- You take the high road and I'll take the low road : economic success and well-being in the longer run / Cormac Ó Gráda -- Euro-productivity and Euro-jobs since the 1960s : which institutions really mattered? / Gayle J. Allard and Peter H. Lindert -- Afterword / Lawrence H. Summers.
Sommario/riassunto: Essays by internationally prominent economists examine long run cross-country economic trends from the perspective of New Comparative Economic History, an approach pioneered by Harvard economist Jeffrey G. Williamson.
Titolo autorizzato: The new comparative economic history  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-262-30739-1
1-282-09893-4
9786612098932
0-262-27506-6
1-4294-7968-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910777768403321
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