Tariff Protection and Production in the Early U.S. Cotton Textile Industry

Mark Bils

The Journal of Economic History, 1984, vol. 44, issue 4, 1033-1045

Abstract: The importance of tariff protection in the U.S. cotton textile industry is examined quantitatively for the period around 1833. In sharp contradiction to past writings it is found that the industry was almost entirely dependent on protection.

Date: 1984
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