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

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 (xi, 560 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2006]

System Details:

text file

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:

I Theory, Methodology, and History 29

2 On the Continuing Need for Both the Critical Evaluation of Sources and the Utilization of Economic Theory: Recent Methodological Developments in Economic History / Hakan Lindgren 31

3 The Making of the Economic Historian: Eli F. Heckscher, 1897-1904 / Rolf G. H. Henriksson 51

II Heckscher-Ohlin Trade Theory 89

4 Eli Heckscher and the Holy Trinity / Ronald W. Jones 91

5 Heckscher-Ohlin Theory and Individual Attitudes Toward Globalization / Kevin H. O'Rourke 107

III Historical Applications of Heckscher-Ohlin Theory 139

6 Mediterranean Trade in Biblical Times / Peter Temin 141

7 Demographic Shocks and the Factor Proportions Model: From the Plague of Justinian to the Black Death / Ronald Findlay, Mats Lundahl 157

8 Explaining World Tariffs, 1870-1938: Stolper-Samuelson, Strategic Tariffs, and State Revenues / Jeffrey G. Williamson 199

IV Mercantilism 229

9 Eli Heckscher and His Mercantilism Today / Lars Magnusson 231

10 Mercantilism: Power and Plenty Through the Lens of Strategic Trade Policy / Douglas A. Irwin 247

11 Mercantilism, the Enlightenment, and the Industrial Revolution / Joel Mokyr 269

12 The Contemporary Relevance of Heckscher's Mercantilism / Deepak Lal 305

V The Continental Blockade 321

13 The Continental System After Eighty Years / Francois Crouzet 323

14 Eli Heckscher, Economic Warfare, Naval Blockades, and The Continental System / Lance E. Davis, Stanley L. Engerman 347

15 The Hanoverian State and the Defeat of the Continental System: A Conversation with Eli Heckscher / Patrick O'Brien 373

VI Eli Heckscher and Swedish Economic History 407

16 Swedish Industrialization 1870-1930 and the Heckscher-Ohlin Theory / Lennart Schon 409

17 Eli F. Heckscher's Vision of Economic Development / Johan Soderberg 433

18 From Wartime Provisioning to Barbarous Prosperity: Eli F. Heckscher's Investigations of Food Consumption in Early Modern Sweden / Mats Morell 457

VII The Man 479

19 A Portrait of Our Grandfather / Eva, Einar, Sten, Ivar Heckscher 481

20 Eli F. Heckscher Today: A Bibliometric Picture / Bo Sandelin 493

21 When Heckscher Changed Direction: From Social Conservatism to Economic Liberalism / Benny Carlson 505

22 Eli Heckscher on Jewish Assimilation and Zionism / Harry Flam 525

23 Eva Heckscher, 1936-2004 / Dag Klackenberg 541.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262272643

0262272644

1423790243

9781423790242

9780262062510

0262062518

OCLC:

70824653

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