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Publikováno v:
The Economic History Review. 74:87-114
There is a debate about whether coastal shipping experienced substantial productivity growth prior to the advent of steam power. To study changes over the long eighteenth century, this article uses thousands of coastal journey times culled from Board
Publikováno v:
O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Railways transformed inland transport during the nineteenth century. In this paper, we study how railways led to local population change and divergence in England and Wales as it underwent dramatic urbanization. We make use of detailed data on railwa
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::af95070c2ac2faf14d2f401f3845da76
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2021.103390
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2021.103390
Extractive institutions? Investor returns to Indian railway companies in the age of high imperialism
Autor:
Dan Bogart, Latika Chaudhary
Publikováno v:
Journal of Institutional Economics. 15:751-774
Did colonial policies in India deliver excessive returns to British investors? We answer this question using annual data on Indian securities trading on the London Stock Exchange. We present new series on market capitalization, capital gains, dividen
Publikováno v:
Explorations in Economic History. 71:1-24
Canals played a key role in the industrial revolution by creating the infrastructure for inland waterway transport. Public carriers responded to canals and the growing demand for transport by innovating in service speed, quality, and reliability. How
Autor:
Dan Bogart
Publikováno v:
Regional Science and Urban Economics. 94:103626
Many studies quantify the effects of infrastructures on economic welfare in the past with the aim of informing policy makers today. A different group of historical studies examines how infrastructures came about and how they were financed. These latt
Investing in early public works: financial risks and returns in English and Welsh turnpikes, 1820–82
Autor:
Dan Bogart
Publikováno v:
The Economic History Review. 72:848-868
Private and local investors provided much of the capital to improve England's infrastructure during its industrialization. This study investigates the financial returns to investors in turnpike road trusts. It draws on parliamentary reports which pro
Autor:
Dan Bogart
Publikováno v:
The Economic Journal. 128:541-575
Economic and political interests often block or delay infrastructure improvements. This paper examines their effects by studying Britain's river navigation improvements in the early 1700s—a subject of intense lobbying in parliament. It shows that s
Passenger coach services grew enormously in England and Wales between 1681 and 1836. This article documents the spatial patterns using data from trade directories, original maps and geographic information systems. Digital mapping illustrates the deve
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https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/300042
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/300042
Autor:
Dan Bogart
Publikováno v:
Handbook of Cliometrics ISBN: 9783642404580
Handbook of Cliometrics
Handbook of Cliometrics
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00181-0_67
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00181-0_67
Autor:
Dan Bogart
Publikováno v:
Social Science History. 40:271-303
The Whig and Tory parties played an important role in British politics in the decades following the Glorious Revolution. This article introduces new data on the political affiliation of all Members of Parliament in England and Wales between 1690 and