IMPERIAL ROOTS OF TODAY’S GLOBAL TRADE: Evidence from 140 empires

by Wessel Vermeulen (Newcastle University), Gunes Gokmen (New Economic School, Moscow), and Pierre-Louis Vézina (King’s College London)   The rise and fall of empires over the last 5,000 years – from the Afsharid Dynasty to the British Empire – still influences world trade patterns today. Their new data on the rise and fall of 140 empires across … Continue reading IMPERIAL ROOTS OF TODAY’S GLOBAL TRADE: Evidence from 140 empires