The Gains from Improved Market Efficiency: Trade Before and After the Transatlantic Telegraph
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- Ejrnæs, Mette & Persson, Karl Gunnar, 2010. "The gains from improved market efficiency: trade before and after the transatlantic telegraph," European Review of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 14(3), pages 361-381, December.
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Keywords
market integration; error correction; law of one price;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F1 - International Economics - - Trade
- C5 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling
- N7 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HIS-2006-11-12 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-INT-2006-11-12 (International Trade)
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