Contracts, Hold-Up, and Exports: Textiles and Opium in Colonial India

S-Tier
Journal: American Economic Review
Year: 2008
Volume: 98
Issue: 3
Pages: 967-89

Score contribution per author:

4.022 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Trade and export, it is argued, spur economic growth. This paper studies the microeconomics of exporting. We build a heuristic model of transactions between exporters and producers and relate it to East India Company (EIC) operations in colonial Bengal. Our model and the historical record stress

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RePEc Handle
repec:aea:aecrev:v:98:y:2008:i:3:p:967-89
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25