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dc.contributor.authorCACHERO VINUESA, Montserrat
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-10T13:26:22Z
dc.date.available2010-09-10T13:26:22Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationFlorence : European University Institute, 2010en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/14479
dc.descriptionDefense Date: 28 May 2010en
dc.descriptionExamining Board: Prof. Giovanni Federico (European University Institute) Prof. James Simpson (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Prof. Harold James (Princeton University and European University Institute) Prof. Maristella Botticini (Università Bocconi)en
dc.descriptionFirst made available online: 27 July 2021
dc.description.abstractFrom the early 21st century, the discipline of Economic History has paid a growing amount of attention to the phenomenon of preindustrial trade. Estimations of GDP per capita by Maddison (2001) and (2003) and Van Zanden (2005), for example, have attracted significant interest from scholars in different countries and have emphasized the relevance of Atlantic trade and its consequences for economic growth. Especially noteworthy in this regard has been the contribution of Acemoglu et al. (2002) and (2005). Their analysis of the different growth patterns among western States has placed Atlantic trade firmly in the spotlight. Taking the year 1500 as a starting point and conducting a long-term analysis, these authors have assessed the importance of political institutions as a major explanation for differences among States in terms of GDP per capita. They argue that the introduction of a parliamentary monarchy regime in England and the Netherlands explains the increments in GDP per capita for both countries. By contrast, countries such as Spain and Portugal, which continued as absolute monarchies, experienced much lower levels of development.
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dc.publisherEuropean University Instituteen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEUIen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHECen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPhD Thesisen
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.lcshSeville (Spain) -- Commerce -- History -- 16th century
dc.subject.lcshEconomic history -- 16th century
dc.titleShould we trust? : explaining trade expansion in early modern Spain : Seville, 1500-1600en
dc.typeThesisen
dc.identifier.doi10.2870/847757
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