British Exports to Colonial North America and the Mercantilist Fallacy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8418901 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephanie D Smith (0000-0002-4947-9070, University of York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45-63 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Business History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00076799500000003 |
| OpenAlex | W2098377116 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article reconsiders the significance of continental North America as an export market for British manufactures during the eighteenth century. A simple model of export distribution between markets is used in conjunction with Hirschman indexes of trade dependence to assess whether trade with the colonies had a positive effect on total revenue earned from exporting between 1700 and 1776
Colonialism · Distribution (mathematics · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Fallacy · International economics · International trade · Market economy · Mercantilism · Political science · Revenue · Finance · Historical Economic and Social Studies
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |