Neutrality and Mediterranean Shipping Under Danish Flag, 1750-1807

Hans-Joachim Voth and Dan H. Andersen

No _018, Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers from University of Oxford, Department of Economics

Abstract: The paper tests the hypothesis that the consistent neutrality of the Danish Monarchy during the great wars of the eighteenth century may have permanently increased the kingdom’s shipping in the Mediterranean. It does so by using data derived from Algerian Passport Registers for the years 1750-1807. Modern time-series techniques are applied to analyse the relative importance of neutrality and favourable factor endowments. We show that the data lends qualified support to both hypotheses, with two thirds of the rise in Danish shipping attributable to neutrality and the remainder, by implication, to favourable factor endowments.

Date: 1997-09-01
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