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Trade and Empire, 1700-1870

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Kevin H. O’Rourke () (Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin)
Leandro Prados de la Escosura () (Departamento de Historia Económica e Instituciones, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Guillaume Daudin () (Département “Économie de la Mondialisation”, OFCE and Université Lille-I)

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This paper surveys the rise and fall of the European mercantilist system, and the transition to the modern, well-integrated international economy of the 19th century. It also surveys the literature on the links between trade and economic growth during the period, and on the economic effects of empire.

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Paper provided by Trinity College Dublin, Department of Economics in its series Trinity Economics Papers with number tep0208.

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Date of creation: May 2008
Date of revision: May 2008
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Keywords: trade; empire; history;

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N43 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, and Regulation - - - Europe: Pre-1913
N73 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - Europe: Pre-1913

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