This article explores the pattern of land rents and agricultural productivity across nineteenth-
century Prussia to gain new insights on the causes of the “Little Divergence” between …

The Zollverein was arguably the most important free trade agreement of the nineteenth
century. Although 1834 is the official date of the Zollverein's establishment, member states …

This paper analyzes relative wheat price fluctuations to investigate market integration
among 72 European and US cities. Applying a Dynamic Factor Model, which has seldom …

This study investigates the relation of pre-railroad transport infrastructure on Westphalian
grain market integration in the early nineteenth century. It is motivated by recently found …

This article provides empirical evidence from the 'first wave of globalization'in the 19th
century for the question as to how commodity markets integrated domestically and …

The Zollverein was arguably the most important free-trade agreement of the 19th century.
This paper investigates the economic impact of the Zollverein on trade in Germany. Although …

One of the most prominent aspects of the world's transformation over the last six decades
has been increased globalization. Globalization is broader than just increased economic …

Литература, посвященная детерминантам межстрановых раз личий в экономическом
развитии, и особенно дебаты вокруг «ве ликой дивергенции» между Европой и Азией …