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Italy and the first age of globalization, 1861-1940

James, Harold; O'Rourke, Kevin H. - Banca d'Italia - 2011

The paper presents trade policy as in line with that of other continental European powers, with a move to moderate levels of tariff protection for politically sensitive sectors such as steel and textiles and clothing, but also in agriculture, with levels of protection falling slightly before the...

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Comparative Advantages in Italy: A Long-Run Perspective

Federico, Giovanni; Wolf, Nikolaus - Banca d'Italia - 2011

The history of Italy since her unification in 1861 reflects the two-way relationship between foreign trade and economic development. Its growth was accompanied by a dramatic increase in the country's integration with European and global commodity markets: foreign trade in the long run grew on...

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Social Networks of Innovation in the European Periphery. Exploring Independent versus Corporate Patents in Spain circa 1820-1939

Saiz, Patricio - Departamento de Análisis Económico: Teoría … - 2012

There is a widespread idea that corporations have completely taken over invention and innovation processes throughout the twentieth century, thus becoming the main users of patent systems. However, recent studies suggest that, in spite of corporate expansion, independent invention is still...

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Foreign Direct Investments and Intellectual Property Rights. International Intangible Assets in Spain circa 1820–1939

Saiz, Patricio; Castro, Rafael - Departamento de Análisis Económico: Teoría … - 2013

In this paper, we reflect on the links between the origin and rate of foreign direct investments (FDI) and the granting of intellectual property rights (IPRs) to foreigners in Spain during the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century. Our main hypothesis is that the two issues were...

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Longevity in services: the case of the Dutch warehousing companies 1600-2000

van Driel, van Driel, H.; Volberda, Volberda, H.W.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

In this paper, we explore the factors that determine the longevity of firms. Five central factors were distilled from the literature: position in the supply chain, the nature of the technology used, structure, culture, and financial policy. We made an extensive case-study of the Dutch storage...

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Did patents of introduction encourage technology transfer? Long-term evidence from the Spanish innovation system

Sáiz, Patricio - In: Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and … 8 (2014) 1, pp. 49-78

In this article, we reflect on how patents of introduction or importation, which compose an institutional policy related to weak IPR systems, could influence long-term international technology transfer. Both theoretically and empirically, the consequences of strengthening IPRs in lagging...

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Chicken or Egg? The PVAR Econometrics of Transportation

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Moeller, Kristoffer; Wendland, Nicolai - Spatial Economics Research Centre, LSE - 2014

To analyze the mutually dependent relationship between local economic performance and the demand for and supply of transport services, we employ the structural panel VAR method that is popular in the macroeconomic literature, but which has not previously been applied to the modeling of...

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Ease vs. Noise : On the Conflicting Effects of Transportation Infrastructure

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. - 2016

Many transport technologies cause a “not‐in‐my‐backyard” (NIMBY) reaction of locals in that they often oppose the nearby location of necessary infrastructure despite benefiting from greater mobility. We employ quasi‐experimental research methods to disentangle the offsetting noise...

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The Secondary Railway Huelva Ayamonte : Its Origin and Construction

Muriel, Manuel - 2012

A few years before the loss of Spain’s last colonies overseas civil society and political powers in the province of Huelva made a joint bid for the construction of a secondary railway between the capital and Ayamonte. They were well aware of both their peripheral location and their laggard...

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The Transaction Costs of Semi-Public Institutions : Railway History as a Challenge for Coase

Holterman, Martin - 2011

railways in five European countries. Starting with a detailed examination of the various models, as well as their pedigree, I … history of the railways from the point of view of the New Institutional Economics, dividing this 185 year period into four … railways themselves, I am generally hesitant to be too bold in my recommendations. Nevertheless, there is no way that I can see …

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