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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP9878
	DP9878 The growing dependence of Britain on trade during the Industrial Revolution
	Kevin O'Rourke; Alan M. Taylor; Gregory Clark
发表日期	2014-03-09
出版年	2014
语种	英语
摘要	Many previous studies of the role of trade during the British Industrial Revolution have found little or no role for trade in explaining British living standards or growth rates. We construct a three-region model of the world in which Britain trades with North America and the rest of the world, and calibrate the model to data from the 1760s and 1850s. We find that while trade had only a small impact on British welfare in the 1760s, it had a very large impact in the 1850s. This contrast is robust to a large range of parameter perturbations. Biased technological change and population growth were key in explaining Britain?s growing dependence on trade during the Industrial Revolution.
主题	Economic History ; International Trade and Regional Economics
关键词	British industrial revolution Colonies Great divergence Growth Specialization Trade
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp9878
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/538712
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kevin O'Rourke,Alan M. Taylor,Gregory Clark. DP9878 The growing dependence of Britain on trade during the Industrial Revolution. 2014.