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Galbi, Douglas - EconWPA - 2003

The history of the occupations “author” and “photographer” provides an insightful perspective on copyright and creativity. The concept of the romantic author, associated with personal creative genius, gained prominence in the eighteenth century. However, in the U.S. in 1900 only about...

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A TALE OF TWO “GLOBALIZATIONS”: CAPITAL FLOWS FROM RICH TO POOR IN TWO ERAS OF GLOBAL FINANCE

Schularick, Moritz - EconWPA - 2005

In this paper we take a comparative look at capital flows to less- developed countries in two eras of financial globalization. The paper extends recent research on the developmental effects of international financial integration, long-term trends in capital mobility and “globalization in...

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The Empire Effect: Country Risk in the First Age of Globalization, 1880-1913

Ferguson, Niall; Schularick, Moritz - EconWPA - 2005

Would the movement of capital from to poor countries greatly increase, if the commitment to protecting property and allowing capital to move freely were more credible? This paper asks whether the British Empire provided global public goods that supported large-scale development finance before...

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“THE THIN FILM OF GOLD”: THE LIMITS OF MONETARY COMMITMENTS

Schularick, Moritz; Ferguson, Niall - EconWPA - 2005

Can developing countries enhance credibility with international markets by adopting a hard currency peg? In this paper we review the hypothesis that adherence to the gold standard facilitated the access of peripheral countries to European capital markets in the first era of financial...

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The LaTeX project: A case study of open-source software

Gaudeul, Alexandre - EconWPA - 2004

This is a case study of TeX, a typesetting software that was developed by Donald E. Knuth in the late 70's. Released with an open source license, it has become a reference in scientific publishing. TeX is now used to typeset and publish much of the world's scientific literature in physics and...

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Early Starts, Reversals and Catchup in The Process of Economic Development

Chanda, Areendam; Putterman, Louis - EconWPA - 2004

Early states like China, India, Italy and Greece have been experiencing more rapid economic growth in recent decades than have later-comers to agriculture and statehood like New Guinea, the Congo, and Uruguay. We show that more rapid growth by early starters has been the norm in economic...

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Exchange Rate Floating and Inflation Targeting Implementing - Lessons from a succesful transition - The Brazilian Case

Deheza, Juan Carlos Soldano - EconWPA - 2003

brasileño. Posteriormente se comparan los puntos de partida de Argentina y Brasil al momento de introducirse un régimen de … Argentina. …

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CLAVES DE LA INFLACION DE 2005

Marongiu, Federico - EconWPA - 2005

diversas dimensiones de la economía argentina, entre ellas la política fiscal, la deuda pública, las finanzas provinciales, la …

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Argentina: Trying to Make Sense of the Financial Tango

Buchs, Thierry - EconWPA - 2005

The paper discusses and revisits some of the most popular stories behind the 2001 financial crisis in Argentina, i …

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Recovery from Depression: Australia in an Argentine Mirror: 1895- 1913

McLean, Ian W. - EconWPA - 2005

comparable settler economies of Argentina and Canada. Why? Australia’s hesitant initial recovery is typically attributed to the … experience, it is suggested that additional factors need to be considered. Unlike Argentina, the unwillingness or inability of …-cost pioneer farming ended earlier than in Argentina (or Canada). …

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