Cogneau, Denis; Dupraz, Yannick; Huillery, Elise; … - 2024
How much did France pay for its colonial empire? Did colonies benefit from large transfers from French taxpayers and … attempt to investigate these questions, by deducting from the structural trade deficit of the French colonies that they were a … fifths were in the military. The persistent trade balance deficits of French colonies did not correspond to large public or …