Distributional coalitions, the industrial revolution, and the origins of economic growth in Britain

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-70

  Mokyr, Joel ^a,b   Nye, John V C ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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