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Did Vasco da Gama Matter for European Markets? Testing Frederick Lane's Hypotheses Fifty Years Later
O'Rourke, Kevin H. - 2005
spice markets were already well integrated with those in Iberia and northern Europe, implying that Portugal could not have … relative spice prices, that is, accounting for inflation. It also draws on evidence from Iberia and northern Europe. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466787
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The Worldwide Economic Impact of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
O'Rourke, Kevin H. - 2005
The paper provides a comparative history of the economic impact of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. By focussing on the relative price evidence, it is possible to show that the conflict had major economic effects around the world. Britain's control of the seas meant that it was much less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467339
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"Around the European Periphery 1870-1913 : Globalization, Schooling and Growth"
O'Rourke, Kevin H. - 1995
On average, the poor European periphery converged on the rich industrial core in the four or five decades prior to World War I. Some, like the three Scandinavian economies, used industrialization to achieve a spectacular convergence on the leaders, especially in real wages and living standards....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473475
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The Consequences of Radical Reform : The French Revolution
Acemoglu, Daron; Cantoni, Davide; Robinson, James A.; … - 2009
the 1790s and later under Napoleon invaded and controlled large parts of Europe. Together with invasion came various …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463816
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Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective
Acemoglu, Daron - 2002
We construct a simple model where political elites may block technological and institutional development, because of a 'political replacement effect'. Innovations often erode elites' incumbency advantage, increasing the likelihood that they will be replaced. Fearing replacement, political elites...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469884
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Cross-Country Inequality Trends
Acemoglu, Daron - 2002
much less, in (continental) Europe over the same time period. I review the two most popular explanations for these … differential trends: that relative supply of skills increased faster in Europe, and that European labor market institutions … where labor market institutions creating wage compression in Europe also encourage more investment in technologies …
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