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New media, firms, ideas, and growth: European cities after Gutenberg
Dittmar, Jeremiah - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
Gutenberg's printing press was the great revolution in Renaissance information technology. This paper presents new evidence on media markets, knowledge transmission, and city growth across Europe 1450-1600. The paper construct- s comprehensive firm-level panel data on the number and subjects of...
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Child farm labour: theory and evidence
Bhalotra, Sonia; Heady, Chris - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000
This paper presents a dynamic model of child labour supply in a farming household. The model clarifies the roles of land, income and household size, allowing labour and credit market imperfections. If labour markets are imperfect, child labour is increasing in farm size and decreasing in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884618
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Diabetes and depression comorbidity and socio-economic status in low and middle income countries (LMICs): a mapping of the evidence
Leone, Tiziana; Coast, Ernestina; Narayanan, Shilpa; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
Non-communicable diseases account for more than 50% of deaths in adults aged 15–59 years in most low income countries. Depression and diabetes carry an enormous public health burden, making the identification of risk factors for these disorders an important strategy. While socio-economic...
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Financial Innovation and Growth: Listings and IPOs from 1880 to World War II in the Athens Stock Exchange
Thomadakis, Stavros Thomadakis, Dimitrios Gounopoulos, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
The study explores the growth of the Athens Stock Exchange through new listings and IPOs over the period 1880-1940. We examine institutional changes in exchange governance and listing requirements. On a theme that has not been addressed before, we find that simple listings were far more numerous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010905523
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Financial innovation and growth listings and IPOs from 1880 to World War II in the Athens Stock Exchange
Thomadakis, Stavros; Gounopoulos, Dimitrios; Nounis, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
The study explores the growth of the Athens Stock Exchange through new listings and IPOs over the period 1880-1940. We examine institutional changes in exchange governance and listing requirements. On a theme that has not been addressed before, we find that simple listings were far more numerous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126183
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Amsterdam and London as financial centers in the eighteenth century
Carlos, Ann M.; Neal, Larry - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
In the seventeenth century, Amsterdam and London developed distinctive innovations in finance through both banks and markets that facilitated the growth of trade in each city. In the eighteenth century, a symbiotic relation developed that led to bank-oriented finance in Amsterdam cooperating...
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Did smallpox reduce height?: stature and the standard of living in London, 1770-1873
Voth, Hans-Joachim; Leunig, Tim - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1996
In this paper, we re-examine the effect of smallpox on the height attained by those who suffered from this disease. To this end, we analyse a dataset assembled by Floud, Wachter and Gregory on the height of recruits into the Marine Society, 1770-1873. Using both time series and cross-sectional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744817
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Business fluctuations in Imperial Austria's regions, 1867-1913: new evidence
Ciccarelli, Carlo; Missiaia, Anna - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
This paper presents annual estimates of total and per-capita GDP at 1910 prices for the regions of Imperial Austria from the origin of the Dual Monarchy (1867) to the eve of WWI (1913). The time paths of regional GDP are estimated from the yield of the tax on the transfer of real and financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125886
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Membership has its priveleges : the effect of social capital and neighbourhood characteristics on the earnings of microfinance borrowers
Gomez, Rafael; Santor, Eric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001
microfinance borrowers. The paper posits that social capital - social relations that facilitate individual action – is essential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745098
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Contract structure, risk sharing and investment choice
Fischer, Gregory - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
Few microfinance-funded businesses grow beyond subsistence entrepreneurship. This paper considers one possible … explanation: that the structure of existing microfinance contracts may discourage risky but high-expected return investments. To … microfinance institution in India. The experiments confirm the theoretical predictions that joint liability creates two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746368