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    • Globalization and the Industrial Revolution 

      Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti; Pessôa, Samuel de Abreu; Santos, Marcelo Rodrigues dos
      2010-10-21
      This paper argues that trade specialization played an indispensable role in supporting the Industrial Revolution, allowing the economy to shift resources to the manufacture without facing food and raw materials shortage. ...
    • Globalization and the Industrial Revolution (revised) 

      Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti; Pessôa, Samuel de Abreu; Santos, Marcelo Rodrigues dos
      2014-06-13
      This paper argues that trade specialization played an indispensable role in supporting the Industrial Revolution. We calibrate a two-good and two-sector overlapping generations model to Englandís historical development and ...