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This paper examines the consequences of the 2015 reform on the London fixing in the interbank forex market, which …
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Using newly-constructed spatially-disaggregated data for London from 1801-1921, we show that the invention of the steam … find that removing the entire railway network reduces the population and the value of land and buildings in London by up to … 51.5 and 53.3 percent respectively, and decreases net commuting into the historical center of London by more than 300 …
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West Germany's external debt and create a series of favourable debt repayment conditions. The London Debt Agreement (LDA …
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This study provides new evidence on the impact of air pollution in a high-pollution high-mortality setting: London over … London's famous fog events, which trapped emissions in the city. My results show that acute pollution exposure due to fog … events accounted for at least one out of every 200 deaths in London during this century. I also provide the first well …
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This paper uses an original data set of more than 3000 cases from 1918 to 1926 in the Central Criminal Courts of London …
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We study the determinants and consequences of cross-listings on the New York and London stock exchanges from 1990 to … 2005. This investigation enables us to evaluate the relative benefits of New York and London exchange listings and to … in London. This decline in cross-listings is explained by changes in firm characteristics rather than by changes in the …
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intergenerational mobility. We address this question in the context of London, England during the late-nineteenth century using the …
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, and at 4:00 pm London time for transactions between European and US banks and their customers. The two fixings have … different regulations and institutions. The London fix is calculated as a median price during the one minute window around 4 … banks for collusive behaviors to manipulating the price around the London fixing time. It has been mentioned in the media …
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Using weekly mortality data for London spanning 1866-1965, we analyze the changing relationship between temperature and … the timing of the infant mortality decline in London …
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modern Environmental Kuznets Curve: in the decades leading up to 1890, the number of foggy days in London rose steadily, but … after 1891, the fogs began to subside. Brodie attributed the rise and fall of the London fog to variation in emissions of …? Was London's atmosphere becoming more polluted and foggy for most of the nineteenth century, only to improve around 1890 …
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