Innovation and Productivity Advances in British Agriculture: 1620–1850

Theory, historiography, and empirical evidence suggest that agriculture is the key to economic development. This article examines the extent to which productivity advances in British agriculture during the period 1620–1850 were driven by technological progress. Measuring technology by patents and ne...

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Volume:	80
Main Author:	James B. Ang Rajabrata Banerjee Jakob B. Madsen
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	College of Business Administration, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN 37403 Southern Economic Association 01.07.2013 WILEY
published in:	Southern economic journal Vol. 80; no. 1; pp. 162 - 186
ORCID:	0000-0002-9610-5178 0000-0002-4952-3043 0000-0001-9497-0187
Data of publication:	20130701
ISSN:	0038-4038 2325-8012
EISSN:	2325-8012
Discipline:	Economics Agriculture
Subjects:	Productivity Patents Technological innovation Endogenous growth theory Crops Industrial agriculture Agricultural labor Agriculture Crop economics Product variety O30 O40 Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Agricultural industry Forecasts and trends Technological innovations Analysis United States ENDOGENOUS GROWTH DISTANCE INDUSTRIAL-REVOLUTION RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS ECONOMIC-GROWTH OPENNESS ENGLAND GREAT DIVERGENCE HISTORY
Online Access:	Fulltext
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