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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Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
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Physical Description:x, 417 p. :; ill.
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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? / Suleyman Ozmucur and Sevket 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 O Grada
  • Euro-productivity and Euro-jobs since the 1960s : which institutions really mattered? / Gayle J. Allard and Peter H. Lindert
  • Afterword / Lawrence H. Summers.