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Return of the tariffs: The interwar trade collapse revisited
Was the collapse of world trade between 1928 and 1937 caused by higher transport costs, increased protectionism or the collapse of the gold standard? Using recent advances in the estimation of gravity equations, I examine the partial and general equilibrium effects of bilateral distance, international borders, and the payment system on trade. My results suggest that had average tari and non-tari trade barriers remained at their 1928 level, total international trade would have been 64.6 % higher in 1937. Had the gold standard not collapsed in 1931 and had the British Empire not departed to establish its own currency and trade blocs, international trade would have been 3 % larger. Finally, had transport costs remained at their 1928 level, global trade would not have been significantly different nine years on. These results are supported by over 6,000 new hand-collected observations of ad-valorem ocean freight rates for cotton, which show an average increase of only 1.2 percentage points between 1928 and 1936. When expressed as an index, the movement of freight rates mirrors the evolution of the elasticity of trade to distance over the period.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Discussion Paper ; No. 2019/8
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Trade: General
Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions
Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, Technology, and Other Services: General, International, or Comparative
- Thema
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International trade
Gravity equation
Great Depression
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Adam, Marc Christopher
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Freie Universität Berlin, School of Business & Economics
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Berlin
- (wann)
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2019
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-refubium-24959-1
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Adam, Marc Christopher
- Freie Universität Berlin, School of Business & Economics
Entstanden
- 2019
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