. Yet the family (and decision-making in families) is typically ignored in macroeconomic models. In this chapter, we argue … that family economics should be an integral part of macroeconomics, and that accounting for the family leads to new answers … fluctuations, and argue that changes in family structure in recent decades have important repercussions for the determination of …

, we constructed a unique data set of family trees and business groups for nearly 100 of the largest business families in … Thailand. We find a strong positive association between family size and family involvement in the ownership and control of the … family business. The sons of the founders play a central role in both ownership and board membership, especially when the …

railways, newly-constructed spatially-disaggregated data for London from 1801-1921, and a quantitative urban model to provide … buildings in Greater London by 20 percent or more, and brings down commuting into the City of London from more than 370,000 to …

This study provides new evidence on the impact of air pollution in London over the century from 1866-1965. To identify … weeks with elevated pollution levels I use new data tracking the timing of London's famous fog events, which trapped … exposure due to fog events accounted for at least one out of every 200 deaths in London during this century. I provide evidence …

This paper examines the consequences of the 2015 reform on the London fixing in the interbank forex market, which …

West Germany's external debt and create a series of favourable debt repayment conditions. The London Debt Agreement (LDA …

This paper uses an original data set of more than 3000 cases from 1918 to 1926 in the Central Criminal Courts of London …

We use the German bombing of London during the Second World War as an exogenous source of variation to provide evidence … destruction, property values, and socioeconomic composition in London before and after the Second World War. We develop a …

One criticism of the estate tax is that it prevents the owners of family businesses from passing their enterprises to …