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THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF BUKOVINA (I) THE FIRST PERIOD OF AUSTRIAN RULE: 1774 - 1849
MAHA, Liviu-George; DONICI, Gabriel; MAHA, Sorin-Ştefan - In: Review of Economic and Business Studies (2010) 6, pp. 223-241
The annexation of Bukovina by the Habsburg Empire was a decisive moment for its economic and social evolution. The … occupation of the province, Bukovina underwent spectacular transformation, stimulated by the development of infrastructure and by …
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Political power, resistance to technological change and economic development : evidence from the 19th century Sweden
Tyrefors, Björn; Lindgren, Erik; Pettersson-Lidbom, Per - 2017 - This version: June 16, 2017
We analyze investment decisions when information is costly, with and without delegation to an agent. We use a rational-inattention model and compare it with a canonical signal-extraction model. We identify three "investment conditions". In "sour" conditions, no information is acquired and no...
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Of Families and Inheritance : Law and Development in Pre-Industrial England
Grajzl, Peter; Murrell, Peter - 2021
We examine how pre-industrial English caselaw development on land, inheritance, and families affected, and was affected by, economic and demographic outcomes. Our yearly measures of caselaw development are derived from existing topic-model estimates that reflect a comprehensive corpus of reports...
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Accounting for the 'Little Divergence' What drove economic growth in pre-industrial Europe, 1300-1800?
de Pleijt, Alexandra M.; van Zanden, Jan Luiten - 2016
We test various hypotheses about the causes of the Little Divergence, using new data and focusing on trends in GDP per capita and urbanization. We find evidence that confirms the hypothesis that human capital formation was the driver of growth, and that institutional changes (in particular the...
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Commanding Nature by Obeying Her : A Review Essay on Joel Mokyr's a Culture of Growth
Spolaore, Enrico - 2019
Why is modern society capable of cumulative innovation? In A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy, Joel Mokyr persuasively argues that sustained technological progress stemmed from a change in cultural beliefs. The change occurred gradually during the seventeenth and eighteenth...
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The evolution of markets in early modern Europe, 1350-1800: A study of grain prices
Bateman, Victoria N. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2007
revolution, by applying three different measures of market integration to a compilation of monthly and annual price data. In …
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When did Britain industrialise? The sectoral distribution of the labour force and labour productivity in Britain, 1381–1851
Broadberry, Stephen; Campbell, Bruce M.S.; van Leeuwen, Bas - In: Explorations in Economic History 50 (2013) 1, pp. 16-27
Britain's labour force industrialised early. The industrial and service sectors already accounted for 40% of the labour force in 1381, and a substantial further shift of labour out of agriculture occurred between 1522 and 1700. From the early seventeenth century rising agricultural labour...
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How Substitutable are Fixed Factors in Production? Evidence from Pre-industrial England
Wilde, Joshua - Department of Economics, University of South Florida - 2013
The extent to which fixed factors of production such as land constrain per-capita income growth has been a widely discussed topic in economics since at least Malthus (1798). Whether fixed factors limit growth depends crucially on two variables: the substitutability of fixed factors in...
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Immigrants' tolerance and integration into society
Berggren, Niclas; Ljunge, Martin; Nilsson, Therese - 2022
We highlight a new factor behind integration: tolerance in the immigrants' background culture. We hypothesize that it … individual-level economic, civic-political, and cultural integration outcomes for immigrants of the second generation with data … integration among children of immigrants in European societies. …
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Immigrants' tolerance and integration into society
Berggren, Niclas; Ljunge, Martin; Nilsson, Therese - 2022
We highlight a new factor behind integration: tolerance in the immigrants' background culture. We hypothesize that it … individual-level economic, civic-political, and cultural integration outcomes for immigrants of the second generation with data … integration among children of immigrants in European societies. …
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