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Economic History: Featured Content

The Long economic and political shadow of history 1: A global view
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The Long economic and political shadow of history 1: A global view

  • Stelios Michalopoulos
  • Elias Papaioannou
  • Series Introduction: Historical legacies and contemporary development
  • Volume I Introduction: A global view
  • On the spatial distribution of development. The roles of nature and history
  • Deep roots of comparative development
  • Barriers to the spread of prosperity
  • Environmental economic history
  • The persistence of technological creativity and the Great Enrichment: Reflections on the “Rise of Europe” .
  • The economic impact of colonialism
  • Legal origins
  • The European origins of economic development
  • On the long-run effects of colonial legacies. Evidence from small islands
  • Maritime technology, trade, and economic development. evidence from the first era of trade globalisation
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Network and language analysis of economic history

  • Gregori Galofré Vilà
  • Víctor M. Gómez Blanco
19 Jul 2025
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  • Economic history
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What is geoeconomics?

  • Cathrin Mohr
  • Christoph Trebesch
2 May 2025
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  • Economic history
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  • Global economy
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  • International trade
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  • Political Economy
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Two centuries of systemic bank runs

  • Rustam Jamilov
  • Tobias König
  • Karsten Müller
  • Farzad Saidi
3 Dec 2024
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  • Economic history
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  • Financial Regulation and Banking

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Child labour: lessons from the Industrial Revolution

  • Jane Humphries

24 Apr 2008
  • Development
  • Economic history
  • Labour Markets
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Trading population for productivity

  • Andrew Mountford
  • Oded Galor

18 Feb 2008
  • Development
  • Economic history
  • International trade
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Measuring ancient inequality

  • Branko Milanovic
  • Jeffrey G. Williamson
  • Peter Lindert

5 Dec 2007
  • Development
  • Economic history
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Cultural assimilation, cultural diffusion and the origin of the wealth of nations

  • Oded Galor
  • Quamrul Ashraf

13 Sep 2007
  • Economic history
  • Productivity and Innovation
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Inequality and institutions in 20th century America

  • Peter Temin
  • Frank Levy

15 Jun 2007
  • Economic history
  • Poverty and Income Inequality
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