The Proximate Determinants of Domestic Investment in Victorian Britain

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Journal: Journal of Economic History
Year: 1982
Volume: 42
Issue: 1
Pages: 87-95

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Abstract

This paper attempts to shed new light on the proximate determinants of domestic investment in Victorian Britain by focusing on the relationship between asset markets and investment behavior. It demonstrates that Victorian investment fluctuations were associated with divergences between the valuation of installed capital as determined in asset markets and the supply price of new capital as determined in commodity markets. After showing how investment fluctuations in Victorian Britain were related to real equity prices, the paper concludes with a summary of findings on the determinants of real share prices.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:cup:jechis:v:42:y:1982:i:01:p:87-95_02
Journal Field
Economic History
Author Count
1
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2026-01-25