The growing dependence of Britain on trade during the Industrial Revolution

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...

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Main Authors: O'Rourke, K, Clark, G, Taylor, A
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2014