| Description |
1 online resource (x, 417 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Analysis |
ECONOMICS/Economic History |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Economic history -- 19th century
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Economic history -- 20th century.
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Economic history -- 1750-1918.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
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Economic history
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| Genre/Form |
Festschriften
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Festschriften.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Williamson, Jeffrey G., 1935-
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Hatton, T. J.
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O'Rourke, Kevin H.
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Taylor, Alan M., 1964-
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| ISBN |
9780262275064 |
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0262275066 |
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9780262083614 |
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0262083612 |
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9781429479684 |
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142947968X |
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1282098934 |
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9781282098930 |
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