Historical events are reflected in asset prices. In this paper, we analyse government bond prices of Germany and Austria traded on the Swiss bourse during WWII. Some war events that are generally considered crucial are clearly reflected in government bond prices. This holds, in particular, for...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Latin American economic history in the light of the recent economic cycles -- Chapter 3: The Making of Mexico: The Political Economy of Conquest and Independence -- Chapter 4: Checks and Balances in the Colonial Government of Peru: Evidence from Office...

Chapter 1: Soviet Union : The Ambiguous Case of National -- Chapter 2: East Germany : Negotiating Conformity and Innovation -- Chapter 3:Czechoslovakia : Opening the Doors to the West -- Chapter 4: Hungary : Surfing Among Ice Floes -- Chapter 5: Poland : Economic History Debate Across the Iron...

Urban governance has been considered a key feature in the political and economic development in Europe in the medieval and early modern times. This paper aims to explore the different institutional settings that characterized the community organization in the Kingdom of Naples, with a particular...

Part I. Cost Efficiency and the Hospital System in the United States -- Chapter 1. Fuzzy Numbers: U.S. Hospital Accounting since the 1930s (Christy F. Chapin) -- Chapter 2. Resisting The Dream of Markets: Maryland’s All-Payer Hospital Rate-Setting System and the Persistence of Regulation in...