Railroads and the U.S. Economy
This set of lecture notes analyzes the economic effects of railroad construction in the United States as well as the theory of cause and effect and "counterfactuals". Some explored topics include the work of Economist Robert Fogel, his model of shipping, Railways vs waterways, social savings, neglected costs, etc.
Written for
- Institution
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Utah State University
- Course
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MGT 3050
Document information
- Uploaded on
- February 21, 2023
- Number of pages
- 4
- Written in
- 2022/2023
- Type
- Class notes
- Professor(s)
- Craig palsson
- Contains
- All classes
Subjects
- counterfactual
- cause and effect
- economics
- railroads
- neglected costs
- social costs
- social savings
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robert fogel
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model of shipping
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us economic development
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us economy