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Does Trade Explain Europe’s Rise? Geography, Market Size and Economic Development
Studer, Roman - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2009
This paper tests whether the so-called ‘reach of the market’ helps to explain ‘why Europe’ and ‘why north …-western Europe’. By looking at grain markets from the late seventeenth to the early twentieth century, this study concludes that the … neither a concomitant nor an effect of the Industrial Revolution, but indeed a plausible determinant for the rise of Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870461
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The social and economic impact of airports in Europe
Airports Council International; York Aviation - 2004
European airports are now widely recognised as having a considerable economic and social impact on their surrounding regions. These impacts go far beyond the direct effect of an airport’s operation on itsneighbours to the wider benefits that air service accessibility brings to regional business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005848190
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Exchange Rate Changes and Net Positions of Speculators in the Futures Market
Klitgaard Hertel, Thomas; Weir, Laura - Federal Reserve Bank <New York, NY> - 2004
[...]In this article, we pursue a transaction-oriented line ofresearch to help track short-term exchange rate movements. Byexamining a publicly available data set well known to currencymarket analysts—net positions held by speculators in thefutures market—we are able to document a strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005869759
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A Prolegomenon to Future Capital Requirements
Estrella, Arturo - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1995
This article does not address specific capital proposalsnor does it suggest specific new requirements. Theframework it provides, however, has implications for possiblefuture refinements in the supervisory approach to capitalrequirements.[...]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870353
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Social Exclusion and the Future of Cities
Power, Anne T.; Wilson, William J. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2000
regeneration based on rebuilding urban neighbourhoods. The keypoints for the future are: limiting suburban land supply and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008733218