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European regional railways and real income, 1870–1910: a preliminary report

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  • Caruana-Galizia, Paul
  • Martí-Henneberg, Jordi

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This article introduces our project on the relationship between railways and real income levels across European regions between 1870 and 1910. While similar relationships have been analysed for the USA, India and individual European countries, our project is the first to take a pan-European regional perspective. We discuss the reasons for the neglect to date, highlighting the need to drill deeper into the changing directional effects of railways on income, the importance or necessity of using regional-level data and the amount of research that still needs to be done. To this end, we present preliminary insights from our novel database on European regional per capita income and railway mileage, after discussing our data sources in depth. We also outline our research agenda, showing our intended conceptual and analytical approach for future work.

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  • Caruana-Galizia, Paul & Martí-Henneberg, Jordi, 2013. "European regional railways and real income, 1870–1910: a preliminary report," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 51119, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    • Handle: RePEc:ehl:lserod:51119
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    1. Avni Önder Hanedar & Sezgin Uysal, 2020. "Transportation infrastructure and economic growth in a dissolving country: (Ir)relevance of railroads in the Ottoman Empire," Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(3), pages 195-215, September.
    2. Quiroz Flores, Alejandro & Pfaff, Katharina, 2021. "Private provision of public goods and political survival: Rail transport in four European democracies in the 20th century," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).

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    Keywords

    European regional growth; railroads and growth; railways;
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    JEL classification:

    • N7 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services
    • N9 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • R1 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics
    • R4 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics

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