Eli Heckscher, international trade, and economic history / edited by Ronald Findlay ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Findlay, Ronald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heckscher, Eli F. (Eli Filip), 1879-1952.

Heckscher, Eli F.

International trade.

Economic history.

Mercantile system.

Heckscher-Ohlin principle.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (573 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA ; London : MIT, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The contributors first discuss Heckscher's efforts to forge the discipline of economic history by combining both the historian's careful evaluation of sources and the economist's rigorous models. The Heckscher-Ohlin theory of factor proportions is described and tested empirically. Contributors then apply the theory to historical material, including Mediterranean trade in Biblical times, the economic effects of two periods of plague eight centuries apart, and tariff policy in 35 countries from 1870 to 1938. Heckscher's masterly work on mercantilism, the Continental Blockade, and Swedish economic history is also described and appraised in light of recent historical research."--Jacket.

Contents:

Preface; 1 - Introduction; 2 - Recent Methodological Developments in Economic History; 3 - The Making of the Economic Historian: Eli F.Heckscher, 1897-1904*; 4 - Eli Heckscher and the Holy Trinity; 5 - Heckscher-Ohlin Theory and Individual Attitudes Toward Globalization; 6 - Mediterranean Trade in Biblical Times; 7 - Demographic Shocks and the Factor Proportions Model: From the Plague of Justinian to the Black Death; 8 - Explaining World Tariffs,1870-1938: Stolper-Samuelson, Strategic Tariffs, and State Revenues; 9 - Eli Heckscher and His Mercantilism Today

10 - Mercantilism: Power and Plenty Through the Lens of Strategic Trade Policy11 - Mercantilism, the Enlightenment, and theI ndustrial Revolution; 12 - The Contemporary Relevance of Heckscher's Mercantilism; 13 - The Continental System After Eighty Years; 14 - Eli Heckscher, Economic Warfare, Naval Blockades, and The Continental System; 15 - The Hanoverian State and the Defeat of the Continental System: A Conversation with Eli Heckscher; 16 - Swedish Industrialization 1870-1930 and the Heckscher-Ohlin Theory; 17 - Eli F. Heckscher's Vision of Economic Development

18 - From Wartime Provisioning to Barbarous Prosperity: Eli F. Heckscher's Investigations of Food Consumption in Early Modern Sweden19 - A Portrait of Our Grandfather; 20 - Eli Heckscher Today: A Bibliometric Picture; 21 - When Heckscher Changed Direction: From Social Conservatism to Economic Liberalism; 22 - Eli Heckscher on Jewish Assimilation and Zionism; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9786612098178

9780262291934

0262291932

9781282098176

1282098179

9780262272643

0262272644

9781423790242

1423790243

OCLC:

70824653