L’histoire immobile?A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850
利用需求侧方法构建了法国1280-1850年的人均GDP新序列，发现法国经济长期稳定，直到17世纪后半叶才被英国持续超越。
ABSTRACT We construct a new series of GDP per capita for France for the period 1280–1850 using the demand-side approach. Our estimates point to a long-run stability of the French economy with a very gradual acceleration toward modern economic growth. In comparative perspective, our new estimates suggest that England and France were characterized by similar levels of economic performance until the second half of the seventeenth century. It is only after that period that the English economy “forges ahead” in a consistent way.