Portage path dependence and increasing returns in US history
"We examine portage sites in the U.S. South, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest, including those on the fall line, a geomorphologic feature in the southeastern U.S. marking the final rapids on rivers before the ocean. Historically, waterborne transport of goods required portage around the falls at th...
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Cambridge, Mass.
2010
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| Schriftenreihe: | NBER working paper series
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "We examine portage sites in the U.S. South, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest, including those on the fall line, a geomorphologic feature in the southeastern U.S. marking the final rapids on rivers before the ocean. Historically, waterborne transport of goods required portage around the falls at these points, while some falls provided water power during early industrialization. These factors attracted commerce and manufacturing. Although these original advantages have long since been made obsolete, we document the continuing-and even increasing-importance of these portage sites over time. We interpret this finding in a model with path dependence arising from local increasing returns to scale"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site |
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