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- Title
Prices, the military revolution, and western Europe's comparative advantage in violence.
- Authors
HOFFMAN, PHILIP T.
- Abstract
Price data from England, France, and Germany show that the military sector in western Europe experienced rapid and sustained productivity growth well before the industrial revolution. The productivity growth has implications for the history of the military revolution in early modern Europe and helps explain why western Europe gained a comparative advantage in violence. It also raises questions about the economic impact of the military revolution.
- Subjects
WESTERN Europe; MILITARY weapons; HISTORY of military art &; science; ECONOMIC history -- 1600-1750; COST; PRICES; PRODUCTION (Economic theory); PRODUCTION functions (Economic theory); ECONOMIC conditions in Europe; ECONOMIC conditions in Western Europe; HISTORY
- Publication
Economic History Review, 2011, Vol 64, p39
- ISSN
0013-0117
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-0289.2010.00522.x