Eli Heckscher, international trade, and economic history /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Findlay, Ronald
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Abstract:"The contributors first discuss Heckscher's efforts to forge the discipline of economic history by combining both the historian's careful evaluation of sources and the economist's rigorous models. The Heckscher-Ohlin theory of factor proportions is described and tested empirically. Contributors then apply the theory to historical material, including Mediterranean trade in Biblical times, the economic effects of two periods of plague eight centuries apart, and tariff policy in 35 countries from 1870 to 1938. Heckscher's masterly work on mercantilism, the Continental Blockade, and Swedish economic history is also described and appraised in light of recent historical research."--Jacket.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 560 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
ISBN:9780262272643
0262272644
1423790243
9781423790242
9780262062510
0262062518
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/2691.001.0001