Browsing by Author "Solomou, Solomos"
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British Episodic Economic Growth 1850-1938
(Faculty of Economics, 2004-06-16)This paper argues that non-random measurement errors in the estimates of British Gross Domestic Product makes the compromise estimate a biased indicator of medium-term economic growth. Since the compromise estimate of ... -
Can general purpose technology theory explain economic growth? Electrical power as a case study
(Oxford University Press, 2014-06-03)Does the concept of General Purpose Technologies help explain periods of faster and slower productivity advance in economies? The paper develops a new comparative data set on the usage of electricity in the manufacturing ... -
Effective Exchange Rates in Japan, 1879-1938
(Faculty of Economics, 2004-06-16)This paper constructs nominal and real multilateral effective exchange rates ffor Japan during the period 1879-1938. Existing studies of Japanese quantitative economic history have tended to use the dollar-yen bilateral ... -
Electricity Diffusion and Trend Acceleration in Inter-War Manufacturing Productivity
(Faculty of Economics, 2004-06-16)This paper evaluates the link between the diffusion of electricity and the increase in labour productivity growth in the manufacturing sector during the inter-war period. A comparative analysis of the USA, Britain, ... -
General Purpose Technologies and Economic Growth: Electricity Diffusion in the Manufacturing Sector Before WWII
(Faculty of Economics, 2010-09)This paper evaluates the diffusion of electricity within the context of a GPT perspective. The paper develops a new comparative data set on the usage of electricity in the manufacturing sectors of the US, Britain, France, ... -
Monthly and Quarterly GDP Estimates for Interwar Britain
(Faculty of Economics, 2009-11) -
Monthly GDP Estimates for Inter-War Britain
(Faculty of Economics, 2011-09)We derive monthly and quarterly series of UK GDP for the inter-war period from a set of monthly indicators that were constructed by The Economist at the time. The monthly information is complemented with data for quarterly ... -
Trade and Economic Growth: Historical Evidence
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Weather Effects on European Agricultural Output 1850-1913
(Faculty of Economics, 2004-06-16)This paper compares the effects of weather shocks on agricultural production in Britain, France and Germany during the late nineteenth century. Using semi- parametric models to estimate the non-linear agro-weather ...
