COAL AND THE EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Fernihough, Alan; O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshoj
• 署名单位: Queens University Belfast; New York University; New York University Abu Dhabi
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueaa117
• 发表日期: 2021
• 页码: 1135-1149
• 关键词: location; GROWTH; steam; TECHNOLOGY; engine; curse; lag; AGE

摘要

To what extent did growth during the Industrial Revolution depend on coal? We answer the question using a panel of European city sizes between 1300 and 1900. Prior to 1750, there was no relationship between proximity to coalfields and growth; after 1750 cities closer to coalfields grew substantially faster than those further away. We instrument for coal proximity using proximity to Carboniferous-era rock strata.