The modern Silk Road: The global raw-silk market, 1850-1930
成果类型：
Article; Proceedings Paper
署名作者：
Ma, DB
刊物名称：
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
ISSN/ISSBN：
0022-0507
DOI：
10.1017/S0022050700016478
发表日期：
1996
页码：
330-355
关键词：
摘要：
From the mid-nineteenth century, the raw-silk trade served as the most important trade linkage between the then stilt largely closed economies of East Asia and the industrialized West. This article traces the evolution of the global raw-silk market during the period 1850 through 1930. Using comprehensive data on ram-silk prices and quantities and applying co-integration techniques, I find a well-integrated global raw-silk market evolved during this period. This article also examines the evolution of technologies and institutions of the global silk industry, which exhibited characteristics of path dependency and technical interrelatedness.