Fenske, James and Kala, Namrata (2021) Linguistic distance and market integration in India. Journal of Economic History, 81 (1). pp. 1-39. doi:10.1017/S0022050720000650 ISSN 0022-0507.
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Abstract
The role of cultural distance in market integration, particularly in the developing world, has received relatively little attention. Using prices from more than 200 South Asian markets spanning 1861 to 1921, we show that linguistic distance correlates negatively with market integration. A one-standard-deviation increase in linguistic distance predicts a reduction in the price correlation between two markets of 0.121 standard deviations for wheat, 0.181 for salt, and 0.088 for rice. While factors like genetic distance, literacy gaps, and railway connections are correlated with linguistic distance, they do not fully explain the correlation between linguistic distance and market integration.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Economic development -- India, Language and languages -- Economic aspects -- India, Sociolinguistics, Agricultural prices -- India, Market integration, Prices -- India |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Economic History |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| ISSN: | 0022-0507 |
| Official Date: | March 2021 |
| Dates: | Date Event March 2021 Published 26 January 2021 Available 4 August 2020 Accepted |
| Volume: | 81 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Page Range: | pp. 1-39 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0022050720000650 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Re-use Statement: | This article has been accepted for publication in a revised form for publication in Journal of Economic History. Link to Journal’s site on https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-economic-history |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| Copyright Holders: | © The Economic History Association 2021 |
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 7 August 2020 |
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 7 August 2020 |
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| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/140141/ |
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