Abstract

Baltic trade is one of the key examples of flourishing economic activity in early modern European history. This study empirically outlines the role of comparative resource advantages between 1750 and 1856, using trade data from the Sound Toll Registers Online. On the one hand, the results show the significance of relative land abundance for trade patterns between the Baltic Sea region and North-Western Europe: the land abundant Baltic Sea region was overall exporting more land-intensive commodities. On the other hand, however, the results also show a seeming paradox: increasing trade openness during the nineteenth century was not associated with a higher degree of specialization along these comparative advantages.

中文翻译：

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要素end赋与国际贸易：波罗的海地区贸易中体现的土地研究，1750–1856年

摘要

波罗的海贸易是近代欧洲历史上繁荣的经济活动的重要例子之一。这项研究使用在线声音通行费登记簿中的贸易数据从经验上概述了1750年至1856年之间相对资源优势的作用。一方面，结果表明相对土地丰富度对波罗的海地区与北欧和西北欧之间的贸易模式具有重要意义：土地丰富的波罗的海地区总体上出口了更多的土地密集型商品。但是，另一方面，结果也显示出一种看似矛盾的现象：在19世纪，贸易开放性的提高与这些比较优势带来的专业化程度更高无关。