Crafts, Nicholas and Mulatu, Abay (2004) What explains the location of industry in Britain, 1871-1931. Discussion Paper. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), London.

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Abstract

Where transport costs were falling, were the new economic geography forces for industry agglomeration and dispersion at work in the movement of industry in pre-1931 Britain? This Paper examines the issue empirically using a general model that nests the Heckscher-Ohlin factor endowment with new economic geography models. The evidence suggests that while the former mainly drove the location of pre-1931 British industry, the scale economies aspect of the latter also played a role.

Item Type:	Working or Discussion Paper (Discussion Paper)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Industries -- Great Britain -- History, Transportation -- Industrial capacity -- Great Britain, Industrial clusters -- Great Britain, Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 19th century, Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945
Series Name:	Discussion paper (Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain))
Publisher:	Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain)
Place of Publication:	London
Date:	April 2004
Number:	No.435
Number of Pages:	36
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/1672

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