Why Europe? On comparative long-term growth

Four historical macro phenomena of development ask for an explanation: the slow increase of welfare in Western Europe from the Middle Ages up to the publication of the Wealth of Nations, rapid modern economic growth in Europe and its transoceanic ofshoots following the industrial revolution, the lag...

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Main Author: Wagener, Hans-Jürgen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università Carlo Cattaneo LIUC 2009-12-01
Series:The European Journal of Comparative Economics
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Online Access:http://eaces.liuc.it/18242979200902/182429792009060207.pdf