DOMESDAY ECONOMY: ANALYSIS OF THE ENGLISH ECONOMY EARLY IN THE SECOND MILLENNIUM.(Statistical Data Included) From: National Institute Economic Review | Date: April 1, 2000| Author: McDonald, John | COPYRIGHT 2000 National Institute of Economic and Social Research. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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The Domesday Survey of 1086 provides high quality and detailed information on the outputs, inputs and tax assessments of most English manors. These data can be used to reconstruct the eleventh century Domesday economy. This article describes the Survey, the contemporary institutional arrangements, and the main features of Domesday agricultural production. It shows how frontier methods can be used to assess the efficiency of production and the impact of ...

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