Research in Economic History

by Field, Alexander J.; Clark, Gregory; Sundstrom, William A.

• ISBN13: 9780762303304
• ISBN10: 0762303301
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-06-01
• Publisher: Jai

Summary

This volume includes seven papers in quantitative economic history. Four were accepted through our regular channels. These include Harald Edquist and Magnus Henrekson on Technological Breakthroughs and Productivity Growth, Scott Redenius on New National Bank Loan Rate Estimates, 1887-1975, Ebru Guven Solakoglu on the Net Effect of Railroads on Stature in the Post Bellum Economy, and Pedro Lains on Growth in a Protected Environment, Portugal, 1850?? 1950. Three papers are from a 2004 conference,??Towards a Global History of Prices and Wages.??? These include Metin Cosgel on Agricultural Productivity in the Early Ottoman Empire, Johan S??derberg on Grain Prices in Cairo and Europe in the Middle Ages, and Jun Seong Ho and James Lewis on Wages, Rents, and Interest Rates in Southern Korea, 1700 to 1900.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Introduction	ix
Alexander J. Field
The Charity Commission As a Source In English Economic History	1	(52)
Gregory Clark
A Revival Of The Pessimist View: Child Labor and the Industrial Revolution	53	(30)
Carolyn Tuttle
Weather and Fluctuations in Aricultural Output: 1867--1913	83	(20)
Youghesh Khatri
Solomos Solomou
Weike Wu
Induced Innovation In American Agriculture: An Econometric Analysis	103	(18)
Alan L. Olmstead
Paul W. Rhode
Par Clearance in the Domestic Exchanges: The Impact Of National Bank Notes	121	(24)
Ronnie J. Philips
P. A. V. B. Swamy
The Telegraphic Transmission Of Financial Asset Prices and Orders to Trade: Implications For Economic Growth, Trading Volume and Securities Market Regulation	145
Alexander J. Field