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On economies of scale during the nineteenth century, much is
assumed, but little is known. This study, first published in 1985,
seeks to close this gap in our knowledge by providing comprehensive
empirical evidence on the status of economies of scale in
mid-nineteenth century manufacturing industry. This evidence is in
the form of production function estimates made using data from the
manuscripts of the federal censuses of manufacturing for 1850, 1860
and 1870.
On economies of scale during the nineteenth century, much is
assumed, but little is known. This study, first published in 1985,
seeks to close this gap in our knowledge by providing comprehensive
empirical evidence on the status of economies of scale in
mid-nineteenth century manufacturing industry. This evidence is in
the form of production function estimates made using data from the
manuscripts of the federal censuses of manufacturing for 1850, 1860
and 1870.
Collectively, mankind has never had it so good despite periodic
economic crises of which the current sub-prime crisis is merely the
latest example. Much of this success is attributable to the
increasing efficiency of the world's financial institutions as
finance has proved to be one of the most important causal factors
in economic performance. In a series of insightful essays,
financial and economic historians examine how financial innovations
from the seventeenth century to the present have continually
challenged established institutional arrangements, forcing change
and adaptation by governments, financial intermediaries, and
financial markets. Where these have been successful, wealth
creation and growth have followed. When they failed, growth slowed
and sometimes economic decline has followed. These essays
illustrate the difficulties of co-ordinating financial innovations
in order to sustain their benefits for the wider economy, a theme
that will be of interest to policy makers as well as economic
historians.
Collectively, mankind has never had it so good despite periodic
economic crises of which the current sub-prime crisis is merely the
latest example. Much of this success is attributable to the
increasing efficiency of the world's financial institutions as
finance has proved to be one of the most important causal factors
in economic performance. In a series of insightful essays,
financial and economic historians examine how financial innovations
from the seventeenth century to the present have continually
challenged established institutional arrangements, forcing change
and adaptation by governments, financial intermediaries, and
financial markets. Where these have been successful, wealth
creation and growth have followed. When they failed, growth slowed
and sometimes economic decline has followed. These essays
illustrate the difficulties of co-ordinating financial innovations
in order to sustain their benefits for the wider economy, a theme
that will be of interest to policy makers as well as economic
historians.
This book asks such questions as: did mercantilism cause the
American Revolution?; was slavery profitable?; and what were the
causes of the Great Depression?
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