Thread: This is for a working paper of mine. Its testing whether the Conquest of Quebec by the British in 1760 was marked by a change in market integration. This graph shows the coefficient for Qc City prices on the lagged price in Qc City #econhist #econtwitter 
The idea is that market integration should lead to prices in other regions at time t should become more relevant than in region i at time t-1. A falling coefficient on the lagged prices should be indicative of this.
The coefficients also gradually exclude French rule years to see what happens as "more British rule years" enter the estimation.
Its still preliminary but its literally the first econometric attempt to evaluate the effects of the British Conquest of Quebec in 1760. The idea is based on the claim that the Conquest pushed French-Canadians farmers into a retreat from the market.
Signs of more market integration would at least rule out this possibility for adverse effects of the Conquest. Other mechanisms would have to be considered. CC. @marcfbellemare (I told you I dont give a shit about sacred cows).
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