Relative factor prices in the periphery during the first global century: Any lessons for today?

Australian Economic History Review

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 200-206

  Williamson, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor prices; Globalisation; Land prices; Rents; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250206678     PISSN: 00048992     EISSN: 14678446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8446.2007.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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