The Impact of the Ante-Bellum Tariff on Income Distribution
New York: Arno Press, 1975.
Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Item #4540
ISBN: 0405072139
Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, otherwise light wear. Crisp copy.; "One of the most apparent features of the conflict over tariff policy of the ante-bellum period is the regional nature of the conflict. The South was quite unified in its opposition to the tariff, while the Northeast (including Pennsylvania and New Jersey) usually advocated protection after 1820 ... This study is an attempt to analyze the effect of the ante-bellum tariff on income distribution between the various sectors of productoin which roughly correspond to geographical regions." Contents: List of Tables; List of Illustrations; Definition of Symbols; Chapter I. The Tariff and Ante-Bellum History; II. Economic History and the Ante-Bellum Tariff; III. The Model; IV. Estimates of the Parameters and Results of Simulation; V. The Ante-Bellum Tariff Reconsidered; Appendices: A. Estimates of Structural Parameters; B. Mathematical Appendix; Bibliography. ; Dissertations in American Economic History; Ex-Library; 116 pages.
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