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The French Economy in the Nineteenth Century

An Essay in Econometric Analysis

Maurice Lévy-Leboyer author Frangois Bourguignon author Jesse Bryant translator Virginia Perotin translator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:26th Jan '90

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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.

ISBN: 9780521331470

Dimensions: 228mm x 152mm x 37mm

Weight: 680g

385 pages