http://hdl.handle.net/10016/16 2013-06-19T06:27:28Z 2013-06-19T06:27:28Z González-Val, Rafael Tirado Fabregat, Daniel A. Viladecans-Marsal, Elisabet http://hdl.handle.net/10016/17064 2013-06-06T01:46:48Z 2013-04-30T22:00:00Z

Title: Market potential and city growth : Spain 1860-1960 Author(s): González-Val, Rafael; Tirado Fabregat, Daniel A.; Viladecans-Marsal, Elisabet Abstract: A few attempts have been made to analyse whether market potential might also have an impact on urban structures. In this paper we employ parametric and non-parametric techniques to analyse the effect of market potential on the growth of Spanish cities during the period 1860-1960. This period is especially interesting because it is characterized by the advance in the economic integration of the national market together with an intense process of industrialization. Our results show a clear positive influence of market potential on city growth.

2013-04-30T22:00:00Z Tena Junguito, Antonio [cano] Willebald, Henry [hwilleba] http://hdl.handle.net/10016/16968 2013-05-13T14:47:38Z 2013-04-30T22:00:00Z

Title: On the accuracy of export growth in Argentina, 1870-1913 Author(s): Tena Junguito, Antonio [cano]; Willebald, Henry [hwilleba] Abstract: Argentine export growth before the First World War is considered one of the most relevant variables in order to understand the main characteristics of Argentina’s long-run modern economic growth properly. The lack of accuracy of the official export series, especially the relative official values used, lies behind some of the controversies and doubts of the historiography when addressing the causes and consequences of Argentina’s international convergence. We have used empirical evidence to test the accuracy of quantities and value exports records, first, according to their import partners’ records and, second, according to international market prices. Results show that the hypothesis of export price undervaluation bias is correct. In the light of these results we reconstructed a new Argentine export f.o.b. values and price index using international prices valued in pounds sterling which allows us to offer a new proposal indicating a more dynamic Argentine export growth during the Belle Époque years

2013-04-30T22:00:00Z Federico, Giovanni Tena Junguito, Antonio [cano] http://hdl.handle.net/10016/16820 2013-04-25T12:32:36Z 2013-03-31T22:00:00Z

Title: The ripples of the Industrial revolution: exports, economic growth and regional integration in Italy in the early 19th century Author(s): Federico, Giovanni; Tena Junguito, Antonio [cano] Abstract: The conventional wisdom about the early stages of modern economic growth in Italy is still heavily influenced by the work of L.Cafagna (1989). He argued that exports of primary products to industrializing North Western countries were the main source of growth and that exports of silk stimulated the industrialization of the North-West (the “industrial triangle”). However, the benefits did not extend to the rest of the country. In this paper we argue that this view is not supported by the trade data. Italian exports grew slowly relative to European and world trade and exports from the North grew less than the total. This view tallies well with some recent estimates of GDP per capita, which show no increase before the Unification (1861)

2013-03-31T22:00:00Z Prados de la Escosura, Leandro [prados] http://hdl.handle.net/10016/16138 2013-01-16T18:35:19Z 2012-12-31T23:00:00Z

Title: World human development : 1870-2007 Author(s): Prados de la Escosura, Leandro [prados] Abstract: How has wellbeing evolved over time and across regions? How does the West compare to the Rest? What explains their differences? These questions are addressed using an historical index of human development. A sustained improvement in wellbeing has taken place since 1870. The absolute gap between OECD and the Rest widened over time, but an incomplete catching up –largely explained by education- has occurred since 1913 but fading away after 1970, when the Rest fell behind the OECD in terms of longevity. As the health transition was achieved in the Rest, the contribution of life expectancy to human development improvement declined. Meanwhile, in the OECD, as longevity increased, healthy years expanded. A large variance in human development is noticeable in the Rest since 1970, with East Asia, Latin America and North Africa catching up to the OECD, while Central and Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa falling behind

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