How Extractive Was Colonial Trade? Evidence from French Africa

Federico Tadei ()
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Federico Tadei: University of Barcelona

Chapter Chapter 11 in Accounting for Colonialism, 2023, pp 213-233 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter seeks to quantify colonial extraction through trade in French Africa, by comparing prices to African producers paid by monopsonistic colonial trading companies with those that would have been paid in a competitive market. The results demonstrate that African prices were considerably below competitive levels, suggesting an annual loss of almost 2% of GDP during the colonial era.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-32804-6_11

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