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The rich in historical perspective : evidence for preindustrial Europe (ca. 1300-1800)
Alfani, Guido - 2016 - This version: March, 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011805838
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Was there a "little convergence" in inequality : Italy and the low countries compared, ca. 1500-1800
Alfani, Guido; Ryckbosch, Wouter - 2015 - This version: September, 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011809389
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Urban Autonomy : Fiefs, Communities and King Owned Towns in South Italy (1000-1806)
Gatti, Fabio - 2022
resembled the North Italian commune experience. Our exploration uncovers experiences of urban autonomy in South Italy, that so …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013405131
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Where do we go from here? : market access and regional development in Italy (1871 - 1911)
Missiaia, Anna - 2015
Italy has been characterized, throughout its history as a unified country, by large regional differentials in the … international markets are introduced, the South does not appear to lag behind. Regression analysis confirms that market potential is … period mattered far more for growth than the international markets, casting new light on one of the classical explanations to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281977
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Tra economia e diritto : le società in accomandita nella Bologna d'antico regime
Carboni, Mauro; Fornasari, Massimo - 2013
The limited partnership emerged as a key societal innovation during the early modern age. It allowed an effective separation between partners - those acting and those conferring capital - and it granted limited liability to partners in case of insolvency. The diffusion of limited partnership -...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011730986
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Lessons from Italian monetary unification
Foreman-Peck, James S. - 2005
states in northern Italy but negative correlations between the North and the South before unification, suggesting some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517819
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Past dominations, current institutions and the Italian regional economic performance
Di Liberto, Adriana; Sideri, Marco - 2015
We study the connection between economic performance and the quality of government institutions for the sample of 103 Italian NUTS3 regions, including new measures of institutional performance calculated using data on the provision of different areas of public services. In order to address...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469675
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Savings banks and the industrial revolution in Prussia : supporting regional development with public financial institutions
Lehmann-Hasemeyer, Sibylle H.; Wahl, Fabian - 2017
stages of industrial development when capital requirements are manageable, and access to international capital markets is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688273
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Interest rates, sanitation infrastructure, and mortality decline in nineteenth-century England and Wales
Chapman, Jonathan - 2021
This paper investigates whether high borrowing costs deterred investment in sanitation infrastructure in late nineteenth-century Britain. Town councils had to borrow to fund investment, with considerable variation in interest rates across towns and over time. Panel regressions, using annual data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012820694
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Alexander Allan Shand and Parr's Bank : roles as a director from 1909 to 1918
Hotori, Eiji - 2023
In this article, I use documents obtained from the NatWest Group archives to examine the work of Alexander Shand as a director of Parr's Bank during the period 1909-1918. A Scottish banker, Alexander Shand was recruited by the Japanese government early in his career to instruct Japanese...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014433711