"This collection takes a multi-perspective approach in the study of empire and commodities beyond temporal and spatial boundaries. From early modern Venetian trade to tea in the Eurasian world, the role of gold in Portuguese imperial ambitions and British sailors as traders, Across Colonial...

Intro -- Public Finance of the Dutch Republic in Comparative: Perspective The Viability of an Early Modern Federal State (1570s-1795) -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Map -- General Introduction -- The Question at Stake -- Possible Answers -- The...

This paper analyses the determinants of employment reactions of firms when environmental innovations have been carried out. It differentiates hereby between employment increases and decreases. The data stem from a telephone survey covering more than 1500 firms in five European countries that...