Hard Driving and Efficiency
Iron Production in 1890
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10102501 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Berck (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 879-900 |
| Publication date | 1978-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050700087143 |
| OpenAlex | W1580315852 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
This paper shows that the best practice of American methods for producing iron in 1890 was slightly better than the methods employed in Great Britain. It argues that the difference in technique was not of sufficient magnitude to have any bearing on Britain's “decline” as an industrial power. Profits in America are shown to be quite large, and it is hypothesized that these profits arose because the Americans did not anticipate the growth in the demand for pig iron
Business · Economics · Economy · Macroeconomics · Natural resource economics · Pig iron · Power (physics · Production (economics · Chemistry · Historical Economic and Social Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2014 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |