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Trade persistence and trader identity - evidence from the demise of the Hanseatic League

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How do trade networks persist following disruptions of political networks? We study different types of persistence following the decline of the Hanseatic League using a panel of 21,590 city-level trade flows over 190 years, covering 1,425 cities. We use the Sound Toll data, a dataset collected by the Danish crown until 1857 that registered every ship entering or leaving the Baltic Sea, forming one of the most granular and extensive trade data sets. We measure trade flows by counting the numbe...

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University of Oxford
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SSD
Department:
Economics
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Economics
Oxford college:
Brasenose College
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Publisher:
University of Oxford
Series:
Department of Economics Discussion Paper Series
Article number:
963
Publication date:
2022-01-26
Paper number:
963
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English
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1234334
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pubs:1234334
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2022-01-26

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