to Europe. Using a large new city-specific data set covering Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, we unravel the … reasons for the Islamic world's stagnation and Europe's long-term success are specific to each region: any significant … local participative government in Europe that made cities less dependent on the state explain why Europe's urban development …

Since the introduction of mobile telephony in the early fifties in Europe, US and Japan the demand for this service … systems in Europe are highlighted in this paper. Liberalisation of the telecom markets in Europe drove new entrants to the …

much ‘capitalistic’ as that of similar agents in contemporary Europe. The difference in the economic trajectories of … more accommodative and open process than in many parts of Europe. Further, the ecology of the Deccan has its own peculiar … Deccan as being ‘non-capitalistic’ in some way. At most, one can argue that economic agents in 18th century Europe acted …

human reproduction in preindustrial communities in Europe and Asia. Unlike previous studies, in which Asia is meeasured by … important similarities between Europe and Asia in human motivation and population behavior. The authors analyze age, gender …

age”. GDP growth was quite rapid (2.15% per annum) and diffused all over Europe. Even discounting the high rates of …. Within Europe, convergence was limited, and it only was in motion after 1900. What happened was more the end of the era of …

innovation. In the early-modern period parliaments declined in influence in southern and central Europe and gained in importance …