[Econmaster2012] Research Seminar in Economics

[Frank Stähler]

Dear all,

The presenter in this week's "Research Seminar in Economics" on Tuesday, 
21.01., is Nikolaus Wolf from the Humboldt University Berlin. The title 
of his talk will be

"The Location of the UK Cotton Textiles Industry in 1838: A Quantitative 
Analysis"

http://www.wiwi.uni-tuebingen.de/forschung0/research-seminars/research-seminar-in-economics.html

The seminar starts at 18.00 h in Room E09, Mohlstr. 36. You can find an 
abstract of the paper below.

Everybody is welcome.

Best wishes,

Udo Kreickemeier

Abstract:

We examine the geography of UK cotton textiles in 1838 to test claims 
about why the industry came to be so heavily concentrated in Lancashire. 
Our analysis considers both first and second nature geography including 
the availability of water power, humidity, coal prices, market access 
and sunk costs. We show that some of these characteristics have 
substantial expalnatory power. Moreoever, we exploit the change from 
water to steam power to show that the persistent effect of first nature 
characteristics on industry location can be explained by a combination 
of sunk costs and agglomeration effects.

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Frank Stähler
Professor of Economics
School of Business and Economics
The University of Tübingen
Mohlstr. 36 (V4)
D-72074 Tübingen, Germany
frank.staehler at uni-tuebingen.de

Coordinator Doctoral Program in Economics (DPE)
http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/de/41162

Adjunct Professor of Economics
School of Economics
The University of Adelaide
frank.staehler at adelaide.edu.au

http://www.frank-staehler.de