POLITICAL ECONOMY AND PEEL'S REPEAL OF THE. CORN LAWS. DOUGLAS A. IRWIN. The repeal of the Corn Laws in Britain in 1846 has been much debated as.
In I842. Sir Robert Peel improved and modified the sliding scale and reduced the duties on other provisions. The measures disappointed the agriculturists
Michael Lusztig. Although extensively analyzed Britain's repeal of the Corn Laws remains an enduring puzzle within comparative political economy.
A more refin. Douglas Irwin 'Political Economy and Peel's Repeal of the Corn Laws. Washington
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When the Corn Laws were finally repealed Glad stone gave Peel complete support. Gladstone's ignorance of politicai economy - and there was.
The historical literature on the Corn Laws is enormous but see Schonhardt-Bailey (2006) on the political economy of the repeal and Howe (1997) for an overview
special interest.2 The pivotal role of Robert Peel and allied Tory leaders in Douglas Irwin 'Political Economy and Peel's Repeal of the Corn Laws'
[Peel] felt that on abstract questions [like political economy]
POLITICAL ECONOMY AND PEEL’S REPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS 43 to bring his new policy to fruition While Tories voted 308-1 against a motion to consider repeal in 1844 two years later in the same parliament 114 Tories endorsed repeal 4 One of every three Tory MPs followed Peel in ending the Corn Laws
1 A General Equilibrium Model of the British Economy c 1841 The repeal of the Corn Laws was a major policy change that produced a sizeable shock to a large sector of the British economy The repeal abolished a 28 tariff on imported grain (as will be discussed later) at a time when about 9 of total employment was in grain agriculture and
A Quantitative Assessment of the Repeal of the Corn Laws 1 1 Introduction The repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 by Britain’s parliament stands as the signature trade policy event of the nineteenth century This hugely controversial decision eliminated duties on imported grain despite strong opposition from Britain’s landowning aristocracy 2
The repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 is probably the most studied question of nineteenth-century tariff politics Long an object of attention because of its alleged significance as an indication of the waning of aristocratic domination of British politics repeal is theoretically significant as well It seems at first glance
The repeal of the Corn Laws was a major policy change that produced a sizeable shock to a large sector of the British economy The repeal abolished a 28 percent tariff on imported grain (as discussed later) at a time when about 9 percent of total employment was in grain agriculture