The new comparative economic history

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The new comparative economic history

essays in honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson

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MIT Press
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English
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417

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Cover of: New Comparative Economic History
New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson
2007, MIT Press
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Cover of: New Comparative Economic History
New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson
2007, MIT Press
in English
Cover of: New Comparative Economic History
New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson
2007, MIT Press
in English
Cover of: New Comparative Economic History
New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson
2007, MIT Press
in English
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The New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson
June 30, 2007, The MIT Press, MIT Press
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Table of 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

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Cambridge, Mass

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Library of Congress
HC53 .N49 2007

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x, 417 p. :
Number of pages
417

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OL17233637M
Internet Archive
newcomparativeec00hatt
ISBN 10
0262083612
ISBN 13
9780262083614
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2006032219
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