Factor price convergence in the late nineteenth century

International Economic Review

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 499-530

  O'Rourke, Kevin H ^a   Taylor, Alan M ^a   Williamson, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; FACTOR PRICES; HISTORICAL STUDY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PRICE CONVERGENCE;

EID: 0030368536     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2527439     Document Type: Article

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