Britain's Place in the World : Import Controls 1945-60.

Britain's Place in the World : Import Controls 1945-60.

This work examines the establishment and effectiveness of import controls, particularly quotas. Placing quotas back in the centre of British history, Milward and Brennan make some radical claims for Britain's economic performance.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Milward, Alan
Other Authors: Brennan, George
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 1996.
Series:Routledge explorations in economic history.
Subjects:
Import quotas.
Import quotas > Great Britain > History.
Import quotas
Great Britain
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Archival References; Introduction; A PERSPECTIVE ON BRITISH IMPORT CONTROLS; QUANTITATIVE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS AND THE MODERN STATE; BRITISH COMMERCIAL POLICY AND THE OEEC TRADE LIBERALISATION PROGRAMME, 1949 51; TAKING THE LEAD IN EUROPE The international politics of import controls, 1952 6; MEASURING THE EFFECTS OF QUANTITATIVE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS; THE EFFECT OF IMPORT CONTROLS ON BRITISH MANUFACTURING.
  • Examination of Scott's calculations of the value of imports of food and raw materials excluded by quantitative restrictions, 1946 9Corden's estimate of import savings in the year 1952 attributable to emergency quantitative controls imposed in November 1951 and March 1952, and our estimate of total savings for the year 1953; Government estimate of the probable value of additional imports in 1954 in the absence of quantitative restrictions; A survey of the operation of import quotas and other import restriction regimes on United Kingdo.

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