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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 …
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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...
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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....
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Princes and Merchants : European City Growth before the Industrial Revolution
De Long, J. Bradford - 1993
As measured by the pace of city growth in western Europe from 1000 to 1800. absolutist monarchs stunted the growth of …
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The Marshall Plan : History's Most Successful Structural Adjustment Program
De Long, J. Bradford - 1991
The post-World War II reconstruction of Western Europe was one of the greatest economic policy and foreign policy … that transferred some $13 billion to Europe in the years 1948-51. We examine the economic effects of the Marshall Plan, and … role in setting the stage for post-World War II Western Europe's rapid growth. The conditions attached to Marshall Plan aid …
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