Railroad impact in backward economies:: Spain, 1850-1913

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: University of Barcelona; University of Barcelona
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-0507
• DOI: 10.1017/S0022050706000350
• 发表日期: 2006
• 页码: 853-881
• 关键词: united-states railroads; PRODUCTIVITY; EFFICIENCY; GROWTH

摘要

This article reassesses the economic impact of Spanish railroads in 1850-1913, which has usually been considered to be substantially higher than in the most developed countries on the basis of the social saving methodology. The application of growth accounting techniques shows, by contrast, that the direct contribution of railroads to economic growth was lower in Spain than in the United Kingdom, mainly due to the low importance that railroad transport had within Spanish GDP before 1913.