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RAILROADS AND AMERICAN ECONOMIC GROWTH: A “MARKET ACCESS” APPROACH

RAILROADS AND AMERICAN ECONOMIC GROWTH: A “MARKET ACCESS” APPROACH

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RAILROADS AND AMERICAN ECONOMIC GROWTH: A “MARKET ACCESS” APPROACH

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RAILROADS AND AMERICAN ECONOMIC GROWTH: A “MARKET ACCESS” APPROACH

Publisher

Oxford: Oxford University Press

Journal title

The Quarterly journal of economics, 2016-05, Vol.131 (2), p.799-858

Language

English

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Oxford: Oxford University Press

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Contents

This article examines the historical impact of railroads on the U.S. economy, with a focus on quantifying the aggregate impact on the agricultural sector in 1890. Expansion of the railroad network may have affected all counties directly or indirectly—an econometric challenge that arises in many empirical settings. However, the total impact on each...

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RAILROADS AND AMERICAN ECONOMIC GROWTH: A “MARKET ACCESS” APPROACH

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1796290428

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1796290428

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ISSN

0033-5533

E-ISSN

1531-4650

DOI

10.1093/qje/qjw002

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