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The Rise and Decline of European Parliaments, 1188-1789
Bosker, Maarten; Buringh, Eltjo; Zanden, Jan Luiten Van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
innovation. In the early-modern period parliaments declined in influence in southern and central Europe and gained in importance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530357
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From Baghdad to London: The Dynamics of Urban Growth in Europe and the Arab World, 800-1800
Bosker, Maarten; Buringh, Eltjo; Zanden, Jan Luiten Van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
On the basis of a large (new) dataset of cities in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East in the millennium between … from Iraq (or more generally the Arab world) to Western Europe and to the shores of the Atlantic (during the 17th and 18th …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504754
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City seeds. Geography and the origins of the European city system
Bosker, Maarten; Buringh, Eltjo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
Geography is widely viewed as the important determinant of city location. This paper empirically disentangles the different roles of geography in shaping the European city system. We present a new database that covers all actual cities as well as potential city locations over the period when the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682885
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Work and Leisure in the US and Europe: Why So Different?
Alesina, Alberto F; Glaeser, Edward L; Sacerdote, Bruce - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
the US and Europe. Another popular view is that these differences are explained by long-standing European ‘culture’, but … the US and Europe. These policies do not seem to have increased employment, but they may have had a more society …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662089