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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 …

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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...

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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.[...]

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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 …

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Report on the consultation with tenants on the future ofsocial housing at Trafford Hall

Power, Anne T. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007

Trafford Hall offers training, support and pump-priming grants to residents andvolunteers in low income communities to help them tackle local problems within theircommunities. Since 1994 when the Centre opened, around 70,000 participants have beenon residential courses leading to action plans...

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