I examine the outcomes of cases of entry by merchant shipping lines into established markets around the turn of the … century. These established markets are completely dominated by an incumbent cartel composed of several member shipping lines …

We explore the impact of British colonial institutions on the economic development of India. In some regions, the …

India was a major player in the world export market for textiles in the early 18th century, but by the middle of the 19 …th century it had lost all of its export market and much of its domestic market. India underwent secular … deindustrialization as a consequence. While India produced about 25 percent of world industrial output in 1750, this figure had fallen to …

, Germany, Japan, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Together, the studies …

India was a major player in the world export market for textiles in the early 18th century, but by the middle of the 19 … some decline, and India underwent secular de-industrialization as a consequence. While India produced about 25 percent of … organize our thinking about the relative role played by domestic and foreign forces in India's de-industrialization. The …

Italy, Brazil and then finally India. We also show that autonomous government schools (i.e. government funded but with …

. We do so using detailed, near-universal data on shipping firms' new orders, secondary-market transactions, and demolition …-defined shipping sectors to corroborate our findings. Critically, uncertainty prompts firms to concentrate their fleets into narrower …