Standardized Latin and Medieval Economic Growth
dc.contributor.author | Blum, Ulrich | |
dc.contributor.author | Dudley, Léonard | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-22T19:56:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-22T19:56:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1866/508 | |
dc.format.extent | 196761 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.publisher | Université de Montréal. Département de sciences économiques. | fr |
dc.subject | information technology | |
dc.subject | economic growth | |
dc.subject | standardization | |
dc.subject | Europe | |
dc.subject | transaction costs | |
dc.subject | [JEL:N0] Economic History - General | en |
dc.title | Standardized Latin and Medieval Economic Growth | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Université de Montréal. Faculté des arts et des sciences. Département de sciences économiques | |
dcterms.abstract | Traditional explanations for Western Europe's demographic growth in the High Middle Ages are unable to explain the rise in per-capita income that accompanied observed population changes. Here, we examine the hypothesis that an innovation in information technology changed the optimal structure of contracts and raised the productivity of human capital. We present historical evidence for this thesis, offer a theoretical explanation based on transaction costs, and test the theory's predictions with data on urban demographic growth. We find that the information-technology hypothesis significantly increases the capacity of the neoclassical growth model to explain European economic expansion between 1000 and 1300. | |
dcterms.isPartOf | urn:ISSN:0709-9231 | |
UdeM.VersionRioxx | Version publiée / Version of Record | |
oaire.citationTitle | Cahier de recherche | |
oaire.citationIssue | 2003-17 |
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