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are based on country-level panel data from Europe, where nations began introducing national recognition of same …
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Europe in the past fifteen years. In the first section of this paper, I review the recent proliferation of supply-side models … that say interesting things about why the NAIRU hasincreased so substantially in Europe. In the second section of the paper …
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The paper provides a comparative history of the economic impact of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. By focussing on the relative price evidence, it is possible to show that the conflict had major economic effects around the world. Britain's control of the seas meant that it was much less...
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Prevailing views suggest the Industrial Revolution began in Europe because markets had gradually become more efficient … compares the actual performance of markets in Europe and China, two regions of the world that were relatively advanced in the … findings suggest that relative levels of market function in China and Europe were similar prior to the Industrial Revolution …
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innovations began to occur elsewhere in Europe. This paper examines thecareers of the artists who led such movements as Italian …
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We investigate the determinants of the fertility decline in Europe from 1830 to 1970 using a newly constructed dataset … new fertility behavior from French-speaking regions to the rest of Europe. We observe that societies with higher education …
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happiness,' we find that there is a large, negative and significant effect of inequality on happiness in Europe but not in the … Europe inequality makes the poor unhappy, as well as the leftists. This favors the hypothesis that inequality affects … right). The results help explain the greater popular demand for government to fight inequality in Europe relative to the US …
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Recent research has documented a positive relationship between tariffs and growth in the late nineteenth century. Such a correlation does not establish a causal relationship between tariffs and growth, but it is tempting to view the correlation as constituting evidence that protectionist or...
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Over the last 10 years, a variety of analysts have blamed high unemployment and stagnant economic growth in Europe on …
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What impact will terrorism have on America's cities? Historically, large-scale violence has impacted cities in three ways. First, concentrations of people have an advantage in defending themselves from attackers, making cities more appealing in times of violence. Second, cities often make...
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