Solving the longitude puzzle: A story of clocks, ships and cities
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- Martina Miotto & Luigi Pascali, 2022. "Solving the Longitude Puzzle: A Story of Clocks, Ships and Cities," Working Papers 1326, Barcelona School of Economics.
- Miotto, M & Pascali, L, 2022. "Solving the longitude puzzle: A story of clocks, ships and cities," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 608, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
- Miotto, Martina & Pascali, Luigi, 2022. "Solving the longitude puzzle: A story of clocks, ships and cities," CEPR Discussion Papers 17037, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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Keywords
longitude; chronometer; gravity; globalization; trade; development;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F1 - International Economics - - Trade
- F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
- F43 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Economic Growth of Open Economies
- R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
- R4 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GRO-2022-04-04 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-HIS-2022-04-04 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-INT-2022-04-04 (International Trade)
- NEP-URE-2022-04-04 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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