The new comparative economic history
Subtitle: essays in honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson
By: edited by Timothy J. Hatton, Kevin H. O'Rourke, and Alan M. Taylor
Contributors: Williamson, Jeffrey G., 1935-; Hatton, T. J; O'Rourke, Kevin H; Taylor, Alan M., 1964-
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 417
ISBN-13: 9780262083614
Subjects: Economic history -- 19th century; Economic history -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the new comparative economic history / Timothy J. Hatton, Kevin H. O'Rourke, and Alan M. Taylor; title: India in the great divergence / Robert C. Allen; title: What made Britannia great? How much of the rise of Britain to world dominance by 1850 does the industrial revolution explain? / Gregory Clark; title: Did European commodity prices converge during 1500-1800? / Süleyman Özmucur and Şevket Pamuk; title: Market integration and convergence in the world wheat market, 1800-2000 / Giovanni Federico and Karl Gunnar Persson; title: Biological globalization : the other grain invasion / Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode; title: Other people's money : the evolution of bank capital in the industrialized world / Richard S. Grossman; title: Education, migration, and regional wage convergence in U.S. history / William J. Collins; title: Democracy and protectionism / Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor; title: A dual policy paradox : why have trade and immigration policies always differed in labor-scarce economies? / Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson; title: Breaking the fetters : why did countries exit the interwar gold standard? / Holger C. Wolf and Tarik M. Yousef; title: Were Jews political refugees or economic migrants? Assessing the persecution theory of Jewish emigration, 1881-1914 / Leah Platt Boustan; title: Inequality and poverty in Latin America : a long-run exploration / Leandro Prados de la Escosura; title: The convergence of living standards in the Atlantic economy, 1870-1930 / George R. Boyer; title: You take the high road and I'll take the low road : economic success and well-being in the longer run / Cormac Ó Gráda; title: Euro-productivity and Euro-jobs since the 1960s : which institutions really mattered? / Gayle J. Allard and Peter H. Lindert; title: Afterword / Lawrence H. Summers