000129793 001__ 129793 000129793 005__ 20240111114816.0 000129793 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1111/ehr.12937 000129793 0248_ $$2sideral$$a117445 000129793 037__ $$aART-2020-117445 000129793 041__ $$aeng 000129793 100__ $$aMurray, John E. 000129793 245__ $$aIntegration in European coal markets, 1833–1913 000129793 260__ $$c2020 000129793 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000129793 5203_ $$aThis article analyses coal market integration in Europe over the long nineteenth century. The market integration of coal, a key commodity associated with the industrial revolution, is an aspect of European economic history that has received little attention. The literature on the evolution of markets has concentrated on agricultural products, mostly cereals. This article examines intra- and international market integration in the principal coal-producing countries, Britain, Germany, France, and Belgium; and adds three main consuming southern European countries to the analysis of the international market. It provides new evidence on prices, as well as trade, and uses a straightforward approach to address coal price behaviour. Despite shocks, clear trends toward integration in both domestic and international markets can be observed, even if by one of our measures the latter started at a later date. Processes of market integration, however, seemed to slow from the end of the nineteenth century. Explanations are offered as to the causes of the extent and timing of integrations: reductions, mainly, in transportation costs, but also in information costs, and, in the international market, protectionism. The influence of cartels, on the other hand, may have been limited, particularly in the international market. 000129793 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S27$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/ECO2015-65582$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/PGC2018-095529-B-I00$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/PGC2018-096640-B-I00 000129793 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aAll rights reserved$$uhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 000129793 590__ $$a1.911$$b2020 000129793 591__ $$aHISTORY$$b5 / 101 = 0.05$$c2020$$dQ1$$eT1 000129793 591__ $$aHISTORY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES$$b4 / 34 = 0.118$$c2020$$dQ1$$eT1 000129793 591__ $$aECONOMICS$$b189 / 375 = 0.504$$c2020$$dQ3$$eT2 000129793 592__ $$a1.014$$b2020 000129793 593__ $$aHistory$$c2020$$dQ1 000129793 593__ $$aEconomics and Econometrics$$c2020$$dQ1 000129793 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000129793 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-0716-4713$$aSilvestre, Javier$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000129793 7102_ $$14008$$2480$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Estruc.Hª Econ.y Eco.Pb.$$cÁrea Hª e Instituc.Económ. 000129793 773__ $$g73, 3 (2020), 668-702$$pEcon. hist. rev.$$tECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW$$x0013-0117 000129793 8564_ $$s2070164$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/129793/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint 000129793 8564_ $$s1506372$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/129793/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint 000129793 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:129793$$particulos$$pdriver 000129793 951__ $$a2024-01-11-09:27:30 000129793 980__ $$aARTICLE