Information costs and trade: evidence from international electric telegraphy during the 'golden age' of globalisation.

The role of improved information flows in facilitating international trade has been relatively neglected; this paper examines the issue in the context of international electric telegraphy during the 19th-century 'golden age' of globalisation. Having compiled the most comprehensive dataset of new int...

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Publicado en:	Oxford Economic Papers Vol. 78; no. 3; pp. 642 - 665
Autores principales:	Bottomley, Sean, Varian, Brian D
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Oxford University Press / USA Jul2026
Materias:	United Kingdom Telegraph & telegraphy International trade Globalization Telecommunication Transaction costs Nineteenth century British colonies
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