William R Summerhill
Biographic Data
| ID | 707064 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William R Summerhill |
| GIVEN NAMES | William R |
| FAMILY NAME | Summerhill |
| SIGNATURE | SUMMERHILL W R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 66 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Anne G. Hanley. The Public Good and the Brazilian State
Tropical Credibility on Lombard Street
Inglorious Revolution
Nineteenth-century Brazil's constitutional monarchy credibly committed to repay sovereign debt, borrowing repeatedly in international and domestic capital markets without default. Yet it failed to lay the institutional foundations that private financial markets needed to thrive. This study shows why sovereign creditworthiness did not necessarily translate into financial development. Using a vast array of archival evidence, this book shows that po…
Fiscal Bargains, Political Institutions, and Economic Performance
In "Bargaining for Absolutism," Alejandra Irigoin and Regina Grafe argue three points of considerable interest to historians: political absolutism in Castile did not extend to fiscal matters; fiscal relations within Spain and its empire were characterized by bargaining, not directives from the crown; and the differences between Spanish and British imperial fiscal systems have been overstated. Their first and second points are a welcome corrective…
Big Social Savings in a Small Laggard Economy
Railroad development had a profound impact in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Brazil. Direct benefits were small for passengers, but large for freight services, and contributed heavily to the transition from stagnation to growth. Domestic-use activities received a differentially large stimulus. Estimates of the social rate of return reveal that Brazil did not overinvest in railroads. A different allocation of subsidies to railroad capital…
Order Against Progress
How did foreign investment in infrastructure affect a relatively backward Latin American economy? The author engages this long-standing issue in Latin American history by applying the methods of the “new economic history” to the study of Brazilian railway development. Railroads have long been viewed as having intensified Brazil’s dependence on foreign product and capital markets in the second half of the nineteenth century. Because steam locomoti…
Market intervention in a backward economy
Railroads and the Brazilian Economy Before 1914
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Order Against Progress
How did foreign investment in infrastructure affect a relatively backward Latin American economy? The author engages this long-standing issue in Latin American history by applying the methods of the “new economic history” to the study of Brazilian railway development. Railroads have long been viewed as having intensified Brazil’s dependence on foreign product and capital markets in the second half of the nineteenth century. Because steam locomoti…
Big Social Savings in a Small Laggard Economy
Railroad development had a profound impact in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Brazil. Direct benefits were small for passengers, but large for freight services, and contributed heavily to the transition from stagnation to growth. Domestic-use activities received a differentially large stimulus. Estimates of the social rate of return reveal that Brazil did not overinvest in railroads. A different allocation of subsidies to railroad capital…
Market intervention in a backward economy
Fiscal Bargains, Political Institutions, and Economic Performance
In "Bargaining for Absolutism," Alejandra Irigoin and Regina Grafe argue three points of considerable interest to historians: political absolutism in Castile did not extend to fiscal matters; fiscal relations within Spain and its empire were characterized by bargaining, not directives from the crown; and the differences between Spanish and British imperial fiscal systems have been overstated. Their first and second points are a welcome corrective…
Railroads and the Brazilian Economy Before 1914
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Railroads and the Brazilian Economy Before 1914
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Market intervention in a backward economy
Order Against Progress
How did foreign investment in infrastructure affect a relatively backward Latin American economy? The author engages this long-standing issue in Latin American history by applying the methods of the “new economic history” to the study of Brazilian railway development. Railroads have long been viewed as having intensified Brazil’s dependence on foreign product and capital markets in the second half of the nineteenth century. Because steam locomoti…
Big Social Savings in a Small Laggard Economy
Railroad development had a profound impact in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Brazil. Direct benefits were small for passengers, but large for freight services, and contributed heavily to the transition from stagnation to growth. Domestic-use activities received a differentially large stimulus. Estimates of the social rate of return reveal that Brazil did not overinvest in railroads. A different allocation of subsidies to railroad capital…
Fiscal Bargains, Political Institutions, and Economic Performance
In "Bargaining for Absolutism," Alejandra Irigoin and Regina Grafe argue three points of considerable interest to historians: political absolutism in Castile did not extend to fiscal matters; fiscal relations within Spain and its empire were characterized by bargaining, not directives from the crown; and the differences between Spanish and British imperial fiscal systems have been overstated. Their first and second points are a welcome corrective…
Tropical Credibility on Lombard Street
Inglorious Revolution
Nineteenth-century Brazil's constitutional monarchy credibly committed to repay sovereign debt, borrowing repeatedly in international and domestic capital markets without default. Yet it failed to lay the institutional foundations that private financial markets needed to thrive. This study shows why sovereign creditworthiness did not necessarily translate into financial development. Using a vast array of archival evidence, this book shows that po…
Anne G. Hanley. The Public Good and the Brazilian State
Economics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Brazilian History and Foreign Policy (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Economy (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Market economy (3 works) · Subsidy (3 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (2 works) · Transport and Economic Policies (2 works)