dc.contributor.author | Brunt, Liam | |
dc.contributor.author | Cannon, Edmund | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-07-30T08:34:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-07-30T08:34:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-04 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0804-6824 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/163408 | |
dc.description.abstract | From 1770 to 1914, the British Government collected weekly price and quantity data for all types of grain traded in many market towns; these ‘Corn Returns’ were published in the London Gazette. We computerised the data published 1770-1864, totalling around 6 million data points. Here we describe the nature of these data; discuss why, when and how they were collected; consider their accuracy and biases; describe how we computerised them; and offer caveats in using these – and similar – data. We highlight the problem of drawing valid inferences in the face of price impact from fluctuating grain quality and rising imports. | no_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | no_NO |
dc.publisher | Norwegian School of Economics. Department of Economics | no_NO |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Discussion paper;9/2013 | |
dc.title | The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth : the English Corn Returns as a data source in economic history, 1770-1914. | no_NO |
dc.type | Working paper | no_NO |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210::Economics: 212 | no_NO |