DP1700 Tariffs and Growth in the Late Nineteenth Century

Author(s):	Kevin Hjortshøj O'Rourke
Publication Date:	October 1997
Keyword(s):	Growth, History, Tariffs
JEL(s):	F13, N70
Programme Areas:	International Trade and Regional Economics, Human Resources
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The paper estimates the correlation between tariffs and economic growth in the late nineteenth century, in the context of three types of growth equation: unconditional convergence equations; conditional convergence equations; and factor accumulation models. It does so for a panel of ten countries between 1875 and 1914. Tariffs were positively correlated with growth in these countries during this period.