Kevin Hjortshøj O'Rourke
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4570925 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Kevin Hjortshøj O'Rourke |
| NOMBRES | Kevin Hjortshøj |
| APELLIDO | O'Rourke |
| FIRMA | ROURKE K H O |
| AFILIACIONES | New York University Abu Dhabi |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1995 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Should history change the way we think about populism
This paper asks whether history should change the way in which economists and economic historians think about populism. We use Müller's definition, according to which populism is 'an exclusionary form of identity politics, which is why it poses a threat to democracy'. We make three historical arguments. First, late-nineteenth-century US Populists were not populist. Second, there is no necessary relationship between populism and anti-globalization…
Should History Change the Way We Think About Populism
The Smoot-Hawley Trade War
We document the outbreak of a trade war after the United States adopted the Smoot-Hawley tariff in June 1930. U.S. trade partners initially protested, with many eventually choosing to retaliate with tariffs. Using a new quarterly dataset on bilateral trade for ninety-nine countries, we show that U.S. exports to retaliators fell by 28%–32%. Using a second new dataset on U.S. exports at the product level, we find that the most important U.S. export…
The Irish economy during the century after partition
This article provides a centennial overview of the Irish economy in the one hundred years following partition and independence. A comparative perspective allows us to distinguish between those aspects of Irish policies and performance that were unique to the country, and those which mirrored developments elsewhere. While Irish performance was typical in the long run, the country under-performed prior to the mid-1980s and over-performed for the re…
The Smoot-Hawley Trade War
Coal and the European Industrial Revolution
To what extent did growth during the Industrial Revolution depend on coal? We answer the question using a panel of European city sizes between 1300 and 1900. Prior to 1750, there was no relationship between proximity to coalfields and growth; after 1750 cities closer to coalfields grew substantially faster than those further away. We instrument for coal proximity using proximity to Carboniferous-era rock strata
The Spread of Modern Industry to the Periphery since 1871
Ever since the Industrial Revolution of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, industrialization has been the key to modern economic growth. The fact that modern industry originated in Britain, and spread initially to northwestern Europe and North America, implied a dramatic divergence in living standards between the industrial North (or ‘West’) and a non-industrial, or even de-industrializing, South (or ‘Rest’). This nineteenth-cent…
Spread of Modern Industry to the Periphery Since 1871
Growth, Import Dependence, and War
Theories of war predict that the leader may launch a war on a follower who is catching up, since the follower cannot commit to not use their increased power in the future. But it was Japan who attacked the West in 1941: both leaders and followers start wars. Similarly, many have argued that trade makes war less likely, yet the First World War erupted at a time of unprecedented globalisation. We develop a model of trade and war that can explain bo…
The Davos lie
As I write these words, the great, the good and the self-important are trudging around in the Alpine slush, sporting their best parkas and a variety of silly hats, and opining about the state of the world. Davos is back. If there's one thing that people agree about in Davos, it's that globalisation is a Good Thing. And indeed, so it is, if the alternative is the autarky of the inter-war period. No one can deny that exporting has been the key to g…
Brentry
On 23 June, the UK voted to leave the European Union. The weeks since then have been surreal. The cliché of the moment is that ‘Brexit means Brexit’, which is by definition true but hardly very helpful. While the rest of Europe waits for decision-makers in London to decide what they want (their options are in fact rather limited), it is perhaps worthwhile reminding ourselves of why it was that the EU developed in a supranational rather than a pur…
Education, globalization and catch-up
In a previous paper in this Review, we argued that the vast majority of Sweden's spectacular catch-up on the late nineteenth century leaders was due to what today would be called globalization forces. Sweden's catch-up on Britain and the United States between 1870 and World War 1 was due mostly to mass migration. international capital flows and trade. This paper asks two additional questions. First, how important was schooling to this performance…
Coal and the European Industrial Revolution
To what extent did growth during the Industrial Revolution depend on coal? We answer the question using a panel of European city sizes between 1300 and 1900. Prior to 1750, there was no relationship between proximity to coalfields and growth; after 1750 cities closer to coalfields grew substantially faster than those further away. We instrument for coal proximity using proximity to Carboniferous-era rock strata
The Irish economy during the century after partition
This article provides a centennial overview of the Irish economy in the one hundred years following partition and independence. A comparative perspective allows us to distinguish between those aspects of Irish policies and performance that were unique to the country, and those which mirrored developments elsewhere. While Irish performance was typical in the long run, the country under-performed prior to the mid-1980s and over-performed for the re…
Growth, Import Dependence, and War
Theories of war predict that the leader may launch a war on a follower who is catching up, since the follower cannot commit to not use their increased power in the future. But it was Japan who attacked the West in 1941: both leaders and followers start wars. Similarly, many have argued that trade makes war less likely, yet the First World War erupted at a time of unprecedented globalisation. We develop a model of trade and war that can explain bo…
The Smoot-Hawley Trade War
We document the outbreak of a trade war after the United States adopted the Smoot-Hawley tariff in June 1930. U.S. trade partners initially protested, with many eventually choosing to retaliate with tariffs. Using a new quarterly dataset on bilateral trade for ninety-nine countries, we show that U.S. exports to retaliators fell by 28%–32%. Using a second new dataset on U.S. exports at the product level, we find that the most important U.S. export…
Should history change the way we think about populism
This paper asks whether history should change the way in which economists and economic historians think about populism. We use Müller's definition, according to which populism is 'an exclusionary form of identity politics, which is why it poses a threat to democracy'. We make three historical arguments. First, late-nineteenth-century US Populists were not populist. Second, there is no necessary relationship between populism and anti-globalization…
Education, globalization and catch-up
In a previous paper in this Review, we argued that the vast majority of Sweden's spectacular catch-up on the late nineteenth century leaders was due to what today would be called globalization forces. Sweden's catch-up on Britain and the United States between 1870 and World War 1 was due mostly to mass migration. international capital flows and trade. This paper asks two additional questions. First, how important was schooling to this performance…
The Davos lie
As I write these words, the great, the good and the self-important are trudging around in the Alpine slush, sporting their best parkas and a variety of silly hats, and opining about the state of the world. Davos is back. If there's one thing that people agree about in Davos, it's that globalisation is a Good Thing. And indeed, so it is, if the alternative is the autarky of the inter-war period. No one can deny that exporting has been the key to g…
Brentry
On 23 June, the UK voted to leave the European Union. The weeks since then have been surreal. The cliché of the moment is that ‘Brexit means Brexit’, which is by definition true but hardly very helpful. While the rest of Europe waits for decision-makers in London to decide what they want (their options are in fact rather limited), it is perhaps worthwhile reminding ourselves of why it was that the EU developed in a supranational rather than a pur…
The Spread of Modern Industry to the Periphery since 1871
Ever since the Industrial Revolution of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, industrialization has been the key to modern economic growth. The fact that modern industry originated in Britain, and spread initially to northwestern Europe and North America, implied a dramatic divergence in living standards between the industrial North (or ‘West’) and a non-industrial, or even de-industrializing, South (or ‘Rest’). This nineteenth-cent…
Spread of Modern Industry to the Periphery Since 1871
Growth, Import Dependence, and War
Theories of war predict that the leader may launch a war on a follower who is catching up, since the follower cannot commit to not use their increased power in the future. But it was Japan who attacked the West in 1941: both leaders and followers start wars. Similarly, many have argued that trade makes war less likely, yet the First World War erupted at a time of unprecedented globalisation. We develop a model of trade and war that can explain bo…
The Smoot-Hawley Trade War
Coal and the European Industrial Revolution
To what extent did growth during the Industrial Revolution depend on coal? We answer the question using a panel of European city sizes between 1300 and 1900. Prior to 1750, there was no relationship between proximity to coalfields and growth; after 1750 cities closer to coalfields grew substantially faster than those further away. We instrument for coal proximity using proximity to Carboniferous-era rock strata
The Smoot-Hawley Trade War
We document the outbreak of a trade war after the United States adopted the Smoot-Hawley tariff in June 1930. U.S. trade partners initially protested, with many eventually choosing to retaliate with tariffs. Using a new quarterly dataset on bilateral trade for ninety-nine countries, we show that U.S. exports to retaliators fell by 28%–32%. Using a second new dataset on U.S. exports at the product level, we find that the most important U.S. export…
The Irish economy during the century after partition
This article provides a centennial overview of the Irish economy in the one hundred years following partition and independence. A comparative perspective allows us to distinguish between those aspects of Irish policies and performance that were unique to the country, and those which mirrored developments elsewhere. While Irish performance was typical in the long run, the country under-performed prior to the mid-1980s and over-performed for the re…
Should History Change the Way We Think About Populism
Should history change the way we think about populism
This paper asks whether history should change the way in which economists and economic historians think about populism. We use Müller's definition, according to which populism is 'an exclusionary form of identity politics, which is why it poses a threat to democracy'. We make three historical arguments. First, late-nineteenth-century US Populists were not populist. Second, there is no necessary relationship between populism and anti-globalization…
Political science (11 obras) · Economics (9 obras) · Law (9 obras) · Political economy (6 obras) · China (4 obras) · Economy (4 obras) · Geography (4 obras) · Globalization (4 obras) · International trade (4 obras) · Market economy (4 obras)