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Strategic factors in nineteenth century American economic history : a volume to honor Robert W. Fogel ; [papers presented at a conference held Mar. 2-3, 1991 in Cambridge, Mass.]

Goldin, Claudia (ed.); Fogel, Robert William (honouree); … - 1992

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The defining moment : the Great Depression and the American economy in the twentieth century

Bordo, Michael D. (ed.); Goldin, Claudia (ed.); … - 1998

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Developments in the economics of aging

Wise, David A. (ed.) - 2009

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The Heights of Europeans Since 1750 : A New Source For European Economic History

Floud, Roderick - 1984

Economic and social historians have traditionally been concerned to measure changes in the income and welfare of populations in the past.Until recently, however, they have not recognized that anthropometric data, such as evidence on the average height achieved by a population at a particular...

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A Long Term Perspective on the Euro

Bordo, Michael D. - 2008

This study grounds the establishment of EMU and the euro in the context of the history of international monetary cooperation and of monetary unions, above all in the U.S., Germany and Italy. The purpose of national monetary unions was to reduce transactions costs of multiple currencies and...

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Fetters of Debt, Deposit, or Gold during the Great Depression? The International Propagation of the Banking Crisis of 1931

Richardson, Gary - 2007

A banking crisis began in Austria in May 1931 and intensified in July, when runs struck banks throughout Germany. In September, the crisis compelled Britain to quit the gold standard. Newly discovered data shows that failure rates rose for banks in New York City, at the center of the United...

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Did Vasco da Gama Matter for European Markets? Testing Frederick Lane's Hypotheses Fifty Years Later

O'Rourke, Kevin H. - 2005

spice markets were already well integrated with those in Iberia and northern Europe, implying that Portugal could not have … relative spice prices, that is, accounting for inflation. It also draws on evidence from Iberia and northern Europe. In …

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The Rise of Europe : Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change and Economic Growth

Acemoglu, Daron - 2002

This paper documents that the Rise of (Western) Europe between 1500 and 1850 is largely accounted for by the growth of …. Atlantic trade and colonialism affected Europe both directly, and indirectly by inducing institutional changes. In particular …, thus enabling new merchants in these countries to benefit from Atlantic trade. Therefore, the Rise of Europe was largely …

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The Rate of Return on Everything, 1870–2015

Jordà, Òscar - 2017

This paper answers fundamental questions that have preoccupied modern economic thought since the 18th century. What is the aggregate real rate of return in the economy? Is it higher than the growth rate of the economy and, if so, by how much? Is there a tendency for returns to fall in the...

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Populism and the Economics of Globalization

Rodrik, Dani - 2017

populist politicians highlight. The first has been predominant in Latin America, and the second in Europe. I argue that these …

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