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The Causal Effects of Enclosures on Production and Productivity

Lazuka, Volha; Bengtsson, Tommy; Svensson, Patrick - 2023

Enclosures enforced private property rights at the onset of industrialization, yet numerous estimations of the … enclosures' effects on production and productivity rely on non- experimental designs. We estimate the causal effects of enclosure … between 1781 and 1865 in Sweden. Our results demonstrate that enclosures led to a 3.4 percent annual growth in land …

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The causal effects of enclosures on production and productivity

Lazuka, Volha; Bengtsson, Tommy; Svensson, Patrick - 2023

Enclosures enforced private property rights at the onset of industrialization, yet numerous estimations of the … enclosures' effects on production and productivity rely on non-experimental designs. We estimate the causal effects of enclosure … between 1781 and 1865 in Sweden. Our results demonstrate that enclosures led to a 3.4 percent annual growth in land …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014334897

Winners and Losers from Enclosure: Evidence from Danish Land Inequality 1682-1895

Boberg-Fazlic, Nina; Lampe, Markus; Lasheras, Pablo … - 2020

There is a vast literature on the effects of land inequality and agrarian reforms, but little on the origins of this inequality. We exploit a new and unique parish-level database of land inequality in Denmark, from 1682 to 1895, during which period there was comprehensive land reform and...

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The Fruits of El Dorado: The Global Impact of American Precious Metals

Abad, Leticia Arroyo; Palma, Nuno - 2020

The quest for precious metals and trade routes during the early modern period fundamentally changed the world. What was the global impact of the large deposits of silver and gold which existed in the Americas? In this chapter, we take a global view. We find that in Europe, England and the...

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Winners and losers from enclosure : evidence from Danish land inequality 1682-1895

Boberg-Fazlić, Nina; Lampe, Markus; Lasheras, Pablo … - 2020

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Winners and losers from enclosure : evidence from Danish land inequality 1682-1895

Boberg-Fazlić, Nina; Lampe, Markus; Martinelli … - 2020

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Scattered land, scattered risks? : harvest variations on open fields and enclosed land in Southern Sweden C. 1750–1850

Nyström, Lars - In: Research in economic history : an annual compilation of … 35 (2019), pp. 165-202

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The Rise, Expansion, and Decline of the Italian Wool-Based Textile Industries, 1100-1730: a study in international competition, transaction costs, and comparative advantage

Munro, John H. - University of Toronto, Department of Economics - 2011

This (revised) study seeks to examine the rise, expansion, and ultimate decline of the Italian wool-based textile industries over a period of six centuries (from ca. 1100 to ca. 1730). An international trade model combining transaction costs and comparative advantage is employed to explain the...

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Role of various moving walls on energy transfer rates via heat flow visualization during mixed convection in square cavities

Roy, Monisha; Roy, S.; Basak, Tanmay - In: Energy 82 (2015) C, pp. 1-22

Mixed convection in closed cavities are important for various processing industries especially those associated with conservation of energy. Finite element based simulations are carried out for two cases based on the motion of the horizontal wall(s) (cases 1a–1d) or vertical wall(s) (cases...

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Trophy lands : why elites acquire land and why it matters

Geisler, Charles C. - In: Canadian journal of development studies 36 (2015) 2, pp. 241-257

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