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Title: Commodity Market Disintegration in the Interwar Period

Author(s): William Hynes, David S. Jacks and Kevin Hjortshøj O'Rourke

Publication Date: March 2009

Keyword(s): commodity markets, deglobalization, disintegration, Great Depression, interwar economy and trade

Programme Area(s): International Trade and Regional Economics

Abstract: Using data collected by the International Institute of Agriculture, we document the disintegration of international commodity markets between 1913 and 1938. There was dramatic disintegration during World War I, gradual reintegration during the 1920s, and then a very substantial disintegration after 1929. The period saw the unravelling of a great many of the integration gains of the 1870-1913 period. While increased transport costs certainly help to explain the wartime disintegration, they cannot explain the post-1929 increase in trade costs. Protectionism seems the most likely alternative candidate.

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Hynes, W, Jacks, D and O'Rourke, K. 2009. 'Commodity Market Disintegration in the Interwar Period'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=7189