Essays in economic and financial history

Thesis

Division One: “Malthus Gets Fat” (Two Chapters)

Chapter One develops a simple dynamic model to examine the takeoff from a Malthusian economy to a modern growth regime. It finds that several factors, most notably the rate of technological progress and the economic structure, determine the fastest rate at which the population can grow without declining living standards; this is termed maximum sustainable population growth. It is only when this maximum sustainable rate exceeds ...

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Authors: Tepper, A

• Publication date: 2011
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-o0bnv7v5m
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: Malthus; financial crisis; Leverage; LTCM; great crash; demographic transition; industrial revolution
• Subjects: Economic history; Development economics; Economic and Social History