Published November 9, 2017
| Submitted
Report
Open
Land Rents and Agricultural Productivity: The Paris Basin, 1450-1789
- Creators
-
Hoffman, Philip T.
Abstract
Using evidence from a sample of over 800 leases, this paper examines the productivity of farming in the Paris Basin between 1450 and 1789. Existing evidence about productivity is unreliable, the paper argues, and the leases provide historians with a new and valuable source for the study of productivity and economic growth. Much of the paper is devoted to a defense of the method employed with the leases, which point to spurts of spectacular growth on local farms but also stunning setbacks during times of war and increased taxation. The paper concludes with analysis of the causes of economic growth in pre-industrial agriculture.
Additional Information
Published as Hoffman, Philip T. (1991) Land Rents and Agricultural Productivity: The Paris Basin, 1450-1789. Journal of Economic History, 51 (4). pp. 771-805.Attached Files
Submitted - sswp752.pdf
Files
sswp752.pdf
Files
(2.0 MB)
Name | Size | Download all |
---|---|---|
md5:ccd0e08384abf9c662833d623f65e37a
|
2.0 MB | Preview Download |
Additional details
- Eprint ID
- 83092
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20171108-155553347
- Created
-
2017-11-09Created from EPrint's datestamp field
- Updated
-
2019-10-03Created from EPrint's last_modified field
- Caltech groups
- Social Science Working Papers
- Series Name
- Social Science Working Paper
- Series Volume or Issue Number
- 752