| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP16769 |
| DP16769 Resilience, Adaptability and Transformability: Danish Butter Factories in the Face of Coal Shortages | |
| Sofia Teives Henriques; Paul Sharp; Xanthi Tsoukli; Christian Vedel | |
| 发表日期 | 2021-12-02 |
| 出版年 | 2021 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Economic historians have debated the importance of energy for economic development. Energy economists would argue that energy systems need to be adaptable in the face of shocks. In this light, we consider the case of Denmark, a country which was almost entirely dependent on imports of coal, and where a long coastline made imports, largely from the UK, cheap and available. Towards the end of the First World War, however, and well into the 1920s, coal imports were cut off or difficult to obtain. We exploit detailed microlevel data from butter factories, covering the period 1900-28. We find that firms were able to adapt and make use of alternative fuels, notably peat, although its availability varied across the country. Employing a difference-in-differences approach, we find significant productivity advantages for creameries closer to available peat fields in the wake of the coal shortage. |
| 主题 | Economic History |
| 关键词 | Coal Dairying Denmark Energy Geography Peat Productivity |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp16769 |
| 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/545704 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Sofia Teives Henriques,Paul Sharp,Xanthi Tsoukli,et al. DP16769 Resilience, Adaptability and Transformability: Danish Butter Factories in the Face of Coal Shortages. 2021. |
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