"Dans les décennies d'après-guerre, des milliers de kilomètres de routes et d'autoroutes sortent de terre pour soutenir l'intensification du trafic et relier, à travers les paysages agricoles remembrés, les métropoles aux zones industrielles, ports, aéroports, centrales électriques et...

This paper contributes to the understanding of the long-run consequences of Roman rule on economic development. In ancient times, the area of contemporary Germany was divided into a Roman and non-Roman part. The study uses this division to test whether the formerly Roman part of Germany show a...

Contrary to popular narratives, 'The Great Divergence Reconsidered' shows that Europe's rise to its current status as an undisputed world economic leader was not the effect of the Industrial Revolution, nor can it be explained by coal or colonial exploitation. Using a wealth of new historical...