识别和衡量罗马帝国省份密集经济增长的情况
Scott G Ortman1,2,3, José Lobo4, Lisa Lodwick5
1Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.
Science advances
|July 5, 2024
概括
工业化前的经济体,如罗马帝国的英国,可以实现人均生产率的持续增长. 这种增长是由定居点扩张,交通改善和社会经济交流推动的,这表明古代和现代经济之间的相似之处.
科学领域:
- 经济史 经济史 经济史
- 考古学的考古学
- 解决方案扩展理论
背景情况:
- 经济史中的一个核心问题是,工业化前经济体是否能够实现人均生产率的持续增长.
- 之前的研究通常将工业前的增长主要归因于聚合效应.
研究的目的:
- 调查前工业经济体中人均生产率持续增长的潜力.
- 检查罗马英国的考古证据,以测试经济增长理论.
主要方法:
- 从罗马英国的考古记录中得出的三个社会经济率的分析.
- 解决方案扩展理论的应用,以评估与定居点人口的规模的回报.
主要成果:
- 这三种社会经济措施都显示了与定居点人口相关的规模回报率的增加.
- 观察到基线利率上升的模式,与四个世纪以来人均生产率适度增长一致.
- 这些发现与定居点扩展理论的预期一致.
结论:
- 在四个世纪的时间里,罗马帝国的英国经济表现出了人均生产率的适度增长.
- 观察到的增长与降低运输成本以及促进社会经济交流的机构和技术的进步有关.
- 古代和当代经济之间的差异更多的是量化而不是定性.
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