The French economy in the nineteenth century : an essay in econometric analysis
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The French economy in the nineteenth century : an essay in econometric analysis
Cambridge University Press, c1990
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Économie française au XIXe siècle
French economy in the 19th century
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Translation of: L'économie française au XIXe siècle
Bibliography: p. 359-361
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The modernisation of the French economy in the nineteenth century raises a difficult question for the historian. The country experienced definite advances but also a long period of stagnation that for a while threatened its competitiveness and capacity to expand. The alternation of advances and setbacks is sometimes attributed to the effects of long-run cycles or to political events. Although these factors play a significant role in this study, the objective is to examine whether the French performance followed a fundamental pattern at a macro-economic level and, specifically, whether it was determined by collective behaviour that made adaptation to the constraints of technical progress and international competition more difficult and slower. The work is divided into two complementary parts. The first is historical and reviews the stages of French growth and the main hypotheses that explain this development. The second uses econometric analysis to test the validity of the mechanisms proposed and, by modelling the economy, examines its evolving structure and dynamics with greater precision. The statistical series that form the basis of this study are collected in the appendix for easy reference.
Table of Contents
- Part I. Historical hypotheses: 1. Consumption
- 2. International competition
- 3. Investment
- Part II. Econometric analysis: 4. Theoretical framework of estimation
- 5. Estimated behavioural functions
- 6. A few simulations of the economy in the nineteenth century.
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