THE ROLE OF TRANSPORTATION IN U.S. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: 1840–1860*

International Economic Review - Tập 53 Số 3 - Trang 693-716 - 2012
Berthold Herrendorf1,2,3, James A. Schmitz1,2,3, Arilton Teixeira1,2,3
1Arizona State University, U.S.A.
2Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, U.S.A.
3Fucape, Brazil

Tóm tắt

We return to two questions concerning the 19th century U.S. transportation revolution. First, to what extent were transportation improvements responsible for the large changes in the regional distribution of population in the United States and, within regions, for the changes in industry structure? Second, how important were transportation improvements for welfare gains? We find that transport improvements were the key factor driving where people lived and what industry they worked in. We also find that transport improvements were important for welfare gains: Gains over 1840–1860 would have been only half as large if there had been no transportation improvements.

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