Technology and Geography in the Second Industrial Revolution: New Evidence from the Margins of Trade

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Article de revue

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Titre

Résumé

Belle Époque Belgium recorded an unprecedented trade boom. Exploiting a new granular trade dataset, we find that the number of products delivered abroad and destinations serviced more than doubled in less than 40 years. To explain this remarkable achievement, we study the relationship between trade costs and the intensive and extensive margins of trade. The establishment of a foreign diplomatic network that lowered beachhead costs and enabled the entry of new products was an essential fact of the trade boom. Interestingly, the expansion in trade in certain sectors did not translate into faster productivity growth. We offer some explanations.

Publication

The Journal of Economic History

Volume

77

Numéro

1

Pages

39-89

Date

2017/03

Langue

Anglais

DOI

10.1017/S0022050717000018

ISSN

0022-0507, 1471-6372

Titre abrégé

Technology and Geography in the Second Industrial Revolution

URL

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-economic-history/article/technology-and-geography-in-the-second-industrial-revolution-new-evidence-from-the-margins-of-trade/53F3DB9DFD38796EA5A0D53D04DCE9EF

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19/01/2024 12:28

Catalogue de bibl.

Cambridge University Press

Extra

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Référence

Huberman, Michael, Christopher M. Meissner, et Kim Oosterlinck. « Technology and Geography in the Second Industrial Revolution: New Evidence from the Margins of Trade ». The Journal of Economic History 77, n^o 1 (mars 2017) : 39‑89. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050717000018.

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