On the origins of border effects: Insights from the Habsburg Empire

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-136

  Schulze, Max Stephan ^a   Wolf, Nikolaus ^b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Border effects; Market integration; Networks; Pre 1914 Europe

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; BORDER REGION; ECONOMIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MONETARY UNION; TRADE FLOW; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 57649232159     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbn040     Document Type: Article

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