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This paper studies the role of French intercontinental trade in the accumulation of domestic capital at the end of the Ancien Régime. It uses O’Brien’s method to measure the amount of annual profits generated from this sector. The marginal profits are then computed by estimating what return...

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Most European intercontinental trade passed through the Atlantic during the Early Modern period, with the exception of Mediterranean trade and caravan trade through the Eurasian landmass, both in relative decline. Both the rise to primacy of the European economy and the increase of Atlantic...

This paper surveys the causes and consequences of late 19th century globalization, as well as the anti-globalization backlash of that period.

Cet article propose un bilan de l’évolution récente de l’aide au développement. Pour cela, il examine tout d’abord le montant global de l’aide et sa décomposition en grands indicateurs traditionnels de qualité — aide non liée, aide multilatérale, etc. L’article s’intéresse...

This paper studies the role of French intercontinental trade in the accumulation of domestic capital at the end of the Ancien Régime. It uses O’Brien’s method to measure the amount of annual profits generated from this sector. The marginal profits are then computed by estimating what return...

This paper checks if differences in market size can explain the retardation of the Industrial Revolution in France compared to Britain. It uses an exceptional source on French domestic trade in a variety of goods in the late eighteenth century: the Tableaux du Maximum. The first part presents...