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Reaganomics : A Historical Watershed
Komlos, John - 2019
The socio-economic impact of Reaganomics and its long-run deleterious legacy is documented. The preponderance of data indicate that economic growth was not particularly impressive in the wake of the tax cuts of 1981 or 1986. GDP did snap back to potential but failed to accelerate beyond the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892271
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The Trend of BMI Values of Us Adults by Centiles, Birth Cohorts 1882-1986
Komlos, John - 2010
Trends in BMI values are estimated by centiles of the US adult population by birth cohorts 1886-1986 stratified by ethnicity. The highest centile increased by some 18 to 22 units in the course of the century while the lowest ones increased by merely 1 to 3 units. Hence, the BMI distribution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139523
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The Trend of BMI Values Among US Adults
Komlos, John - 2010
Background: The trend in the BMI values of the US population has not been estimated accurately because time series data are unavailable and because the focus has been on calculating period effects.Object: To estimate the trend and rate of change of BMI values by birth cohorts stratified by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013146593
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How useful is anthropometric history? : some reflections on Paul Hohenberg's recent presidential address to the American Economic History Association
Komlos, John - 2009
In his recent presidential address to the American Economic History Association, Paul Hohenberg argued that … anthropometric history does not meet his criteria for useful research in the field of economic history. He considers research useful … the conclusion that anthropometric history has not been useful. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003951724
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The trend of BMI values by centiles of US adults, birth cohorts 1882 - 1986
Komlos, John; Brabec, Marek - 2010
Trends in BMI values are estimated by centiles of the US adult population by birth cohorts 1886-1986 stratified by ethnicity. The highest centile increased by some 18 to 22 units in the course of the century while the lowest ones increased by merely 1 to 3 units. Hence, the BMI distribution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003994174
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Four essays on the biological standard of living in Europe and America in historical perspective
Koch, Daniel - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009762997
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The trend of BMI values among US adults
Komlos, John; Brabek, Marek - 2010
Background: The trend in the BMI values of the US population has not been estimated accurately because time series data are unavailable and because the focus has been on calculating period effects. Object: To estimate the trend and rate of change of BMI values by birth cohorts stratified by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003945803
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How Useful is Anthropometric History? Some Reflections on Paul Hohenberg’s Recent Presidential Address to the American Economic History Association
Komlos, John - 2010
In his recent presidential address to the American Economic History Association, Paul Hohenberg argued that … anthropometric history does not meet his criteria for useful research in the field of economic history. He considers research useful … the conclusion that anthropometric history has not been useful …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014192974
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Averting the Nazi seizure of power : a counterfactual thought experiment
Stoegbauer, Christian; Komlos, John - 2004
The Great Depression in Germany led to the radicalization of the electorate, leading the country and then the world into the darkest days of Western Civilization. Could it have been otherwise? This paper explores whether the NSDAP takeover might have been averted with a fiscal policy that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440443
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An anthropometric history of early-modern France
Komlos, John; Hau, Michel; Bourginat, Nicolas - 2003
The height of the French male population of the Ancien Régime is estimated, on the basis of military records, to have been about 162 cm in the 17th century. This extremely short stature implies that "the crisis of the 17th century" had an immense impact on the human organism itself. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440939