Trade shocks, industrial growth, and electrification in early 20th-century China

S Bo, T Chen, C Liu - Journal of Comparative Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
How does demand from the industrial sector promote the diffusion of electricity? Using newly
digitized data on Chinese power plants from 1912 to 1935, we examine the impact of a trade …

War Mobilization and Economic Development: World War II and Structural Transformation in India

A Parvathaneni, D Yang - 2024 - nber.org
Can temporary wartime mobilization change the long-run development trajectory of an
economy? We study how mobilization for World War II in colonial India influenced its …

Takers Not Makers: The unjust poverty and unearned wealth of colonialism

A Taneja, A Kamande, C Guharay Gomez… - 2025 - oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com
The billionaire oligarchy grows ever bigger… 9 While the working class struggles to get by 9
Most billionaire wealth is taken, not earned 10 Silver spoons: the rise of the new aristocracy …

The consequences of a trade collapse: Economics and politics in Weimar Germany

B Brey, G Facchini - Available at SSRN 4681779, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
What are the political consequences of de-globalization? We address this question in the
context of Weimar Germany, which experienced a 67% decline in exports between 1928 …

Essays on development and international economics

B Brey - 2020 - eprints.nottingham.ac.uk
My doctoral thesis comprises three chapters focussing on the impact of technology and trade
on long-run economic development and political outcomes. The first chapter explores the …