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Is Cartelisation Profitable? A Case Study of the Rhenish Westphalian Coal Syndicate, 1893-1913

Lübbers, Thorsten - Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von … - 2009

We examine the effect of one of the presumably most powerful cartels ever on the profitability of its members. More precisely, we consider the Rhenish-Westphalian Coal Syndicate, a coal cartel that operated in Imperial Germany in the late 19th and early 20th century, using a newly constructed...

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Institutions and government growth: a comparison of the 1890s and the 1930s

Garrett, Thomas A.; Rhine, Russell M. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2008

intervention in the private sector that has continued to the present day. Through a comparison of the economic conditions of the …

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The relationship between money and prices: some historical evidence reconsidered

Smith, Bruce D. - In: Quarterly Review (1988) Sum, pp. 18-32

This article describes a debate about the validity of the quantity theory of money and offers further evidence against it. The evidence is primarily from the North American colonies of Virginia, New York, and Pennsylvania and regards the issue of measuring the money supply. Studies have shown...

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Back to the future with Keynes

Ohanian, Lee E. - In: Quarterly Review (2008) Jul, pp. 10-16

framework used by Keynes to form his expectations about the 21st-century world economy is remarkably close to modern growth …

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Money and inflation in colonial Massachusetts

Smith, Bruce D. - In: Quarterly Review (1984) Win

This article argues that the quantity theory of money is not supported by the evidence. Contrary to the quantity theory, the article says, the value of money depends primarily on how carefully it is backed. That is, the rate of inflation depends more on underlying fiscal policies than on rates...

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Modern economic growth and recent stagnation

Baier, Scott L.; Gerald P. Dwyer, Jr.; Tamura, Robert - In: Economic Review (2003) Q3, pp. 45-62

output, input, and productivity per worker that were rare in previous centuries. Even so, a few regions of the world have … in the last two centuries. ; Using data for most countries in the world since the 1800s and early 1900s, the authors find … that (1) economic growth has improved the lives of people all around the world compared to those of their ancestors and (2 …

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Indicators, performance, and policy in the 1930s and today

Laurent, Robert D. - In: Economic Perspectives (1993) Jan, pp. 2-11

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The longevity of expansions

Haimowitz, Joseph H. - In: Economic Review (1998) Q IV, pp. 13-34

.> Haimowitz examines whether there has been a systematic shift in the behavior and length of expansions in the post-World War II …

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Are we living in the middle of an Industrial Revolution?

Mokyr, Joel - In: Economic Review (1997) Q II, pp. 31-43

profoundly affect the world economy. ; In an article based on comments at the Tenth District Monetary Policy Roundtable, Mr …

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The Convergence of Compulsory Schooling in Western Europe: 1950-2000

Murtin, Fabrice; Viarengo, Martina - Centre for the Economics of Education, LSE - 2008

compulsory years of schooling, reflecting the need of education in an increasingly globalized world. …

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