The Mechanization of Reaping in Nineteenth-Century Ontario
A Case Study of the Pace and Causes of the Diffusion of Embodied Technical Change
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 10099622 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Richard Pomfret (0000-0002-1950-5856, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 1976 |
| Volumen | 36 |
| Número | 2 |
| Páginas | 399-415 |
| Fecha de publicación | 1976-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Editorial | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050700081742 |
| OpenAlex | W2107350832 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 11 |
| Referencias citadas | 12 |
This paper aims to provide an economic explanation of the pace and causes of the diffusion of the mechanical reaper in Ontario, 1850–1870. The analysis is based on Paul David's diffusion model, extended by the introduction of the size distribution of farms. The model is able to capture the reaper's S-shaped diffusion path. The major explanatory variable is improvements in reaper design, followed in importance by increased scale of operations and changes in factor prices. A third finding is that the effect of change in one of the three explanatory variables depends on the level of the other variables
Business · Diffusion · Diffusion of innovations · Econometrics · Economic geography · Economics · Embodied cognition · Geography · Industrial organization · Macroeconomics · Operations management · Pace · Physics · Productivity · Technical change · Technological change · Thermodynamics · Variable (mathematics · Computer Science · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Marketing · Mathematics
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| Obras citantes distintas | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 0,23 |
| Intervalo de citas | 1979 - 2002 (24) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 11 |