Path dependence, time lags and the birth of globalisation: A critique of O'Rourke and Williamson

European Review of Economic History

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-108

  Flynn, Dennis O ^a   Giráldez, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/S1361491604001066     Document Type: Review

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