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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Williamson, Jeffrey G., 1935-

Hatton, T. J.

O'Rourke, Kevin H.

Taylor, Alan M., 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic history--19th century.

Economic history.

Economic history--20th century.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

x, 417 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2007]

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780262083614

0262083612

OCLC:

71947006