Grain Market Integration in the Baltic Sea Region in the Nineteenth Century
(2015) In Journal of Economic History 73(3). p.749-790- Abstract
- This article explores the development of market integration within the Baltic Sea region and with England, from the 1840s to the late 1880s. It exploits two new datasets on grain prices. The degree of market integration is estimated using a wavelet variant of dynamic factor analysis that takes account of both time and distance. Additionally, we use the London corn market as the benchmark for the degree of market integration. Our results show that the role of distance disappeared in the wheat and rye, but not in the oats and barley trade, as the Baltic Sea Region became integrated into the Atlantic economy.
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- author
- Andersson, Fredrik N G LU and Ljungberg, Jonas LU
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- publishing date
- 2015
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Journal of Economic History
- volume
- 73
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 749 - 790
- publisher
- Cambridge University Press
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- wos:000360578800005
- scopus:84940470119
- ISSN
- 0022-0507
- DOI
- 10.1017/S0022050715001102
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 801b3026-4027-4aba-8f04-d9c61c64af01 (old id 8077585)
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