Seven centuries of European economic growth and decline

This paper investigates very long run pre-industrial economic development. New annual GDP per capita data for six European countries over the last seven hundred years paint a clearer picture of the history of European economic development. First, the paper confirms that sustained growth has been a r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fouquet, R, Broadberry, S
Format: Journal article
Published: American Economic Association 2015