The New Comparative Economic History : Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson.

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The New Comparative Economic History -- 1 India in the Great Divergence -- 2 What Made Britannia Great? How Much of the Rise of Britain to World Dominance by 1850 Does the Industrial Revolution Explain? -- 3 Did European Commodity Prices Converge during 1500-1800? -- 4 Market Integration and Convergence in the World Wheat Market, 1800-2000 -- 5 Biological Globalization: The Other Grain Invasion -- 6 Other People's Money: The Evolution of Bank Capital in the Industrialized World -- 7 Education, Migration, and Regional Wage Convergence in U.S. History -- 8 Democracy and Protectionism -- 9 A Dual Policy Paradox: Why Have Trade and Immigration Policies Always Differed in Labor-Scarce Economies? -- 10 Breaking the Fetters: Why Did Countries Exit the Interwar Gold Standard? -- 11 Were Jews Political Refugees or Economic Migrants? Assessing the Persecution Theory of Jewish Emigration, 1881-1914 -- 12 Inequality and Poverty in Latin America: A Long-Run Exploration -- 13 The Convergence of Living Standards in the Atlantic Economy, 1870-1930 -- 14 You Take the High Road and I'll Take the Low Road: Economic Success and Well-Being in the Longer Run -- 15 Euro-Productivity and Euro-Jobs since the 1960s: Which Institutions Really Mattered? -- Afterword -- Contributors -- Index.

Essays by internationally prominent economists examine long run cross-country economic trends from the perspective of New Comparative Economic History, an approach pioneered by Harvard economist Jeffrey G. Williamson.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.