Napoleonic protectionism: how France's cotton industry gained

Réka Juhász

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Abstract: Can temporary protection from trade with advanced economies foster the development of 'infant industries' in developing countries? Reka Juhasz considers a natural experiment: Napoleon's wartime blockade of British exports, which allowed protected regions to build capacity in the new technology of mechanised cotton spinning and later to compete successfully in international markets.

Keywords: Economic history; France; Great Britain; trade; industrialisation; technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-01
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