Great Divergence Reconsidered - Europe, India, and the Rise to Global Economic Power

Studer shows that institutional, geographical, political, and technological factors account for Europe's rise to undisputed world economic leader.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Determinants of market integration; 3. Gauging the level of market integration; 4. Geography and the story of the many Europes; 5. Markets versus climate in Europe and India; 6. Economic integration in India and Europe; 7. Conclusions.

About the author

Roman Studer has worked both in academia and in the private sector, and he is currently the chief operating officer of the UBS International Center of Economics in Society at Universität Zürich. He was a postdoctoral prize research fellow at the University of Oxford and then a lecturer at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He was awarded the Alexander Gerschenkron Prize by the Economic History Association for the best dissertation in international economic history.

Summary

Studer shows that Europe's rise to its current status as an undisputed world economic leader was not the effect of the Industrial Revolution; rather, an interplay of institutional, geographical, political, and technological factors accounts for Europe's early and gradual rise to its status as a global superpower.

Additional text

Advance praise: 'By foregrounding market integration and the costs of trade, The Great Divergence Reconsidered makes a case for a radical shift in the discourse on the origins of international economic inequality. The sophistication of Roman Studer's arguments and the quality of his statistical analysis make that case compelling. This is undoubtedly a major work.' Tirthankar Roy, London School of Economics and Political Science

Product details

• Authors: Roman Studer, Roman (Universitat Zurich) Studer, Studer Roman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.01.2015
• EAN: 9781107020542
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02054-2
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; Europe, European History, Economics, HISTORY / Europe / General, India, Economic history, c 1500 onwards to present day, Asian History, General and world history, Economics of industrial organisation, Development economics & emerging economies