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Research in economic history.

Research in Economic Historyis a well-established publication presenting influential work by leading researchers in the field of economic history, including economists, historians, and demographers.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hanes, Christopher (Editor ), Wolcott, Susan (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020.
Colección:Research in Economic History Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • RESEARCH IN ECONOMIC HISTORY
  • RESEARCH IN ECONOMICHISTORY: VOLUME 36
  • RESEARCH IN ECONOMIC HISTORY
  • Copyright
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1
  • Specializations in Switzerland in the Nineteenth Century: Evolution of Trade Patterns and Growth Model
  • Abstract
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Specialization in Switzerland: an Historical and Institutional Overview
  • 2.1 Geographical Context: Openness to the World
  • 2.2 On the Importance of Human Capital
  • 2.3 Traditional Protectionism vs Protection of Infant Industries
  • 3. Data and Methodology
  • 4. Nature and Dynamics of Export Specializations
  • 4.1 Nature of Specialization
  • 4.2 Export Concentration
  • 5. Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 2
  • Trends and Institutional Sources of Financing Russia's Human Capital Formation (Late Nineteenth-Early Twenty-first Centuries)
  • Abstract
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Financial Data on Basic Fields of Human Capital Formation
  • 2.1 General Considerations
  • 2.2 Education
  • 2.3 Scientific Research and Development
  • 2.4 Health Care
  • 3. Contributions of the Institutional Sectors of the National Economy to Its Human Capital Formation
  • 3.1 The Government Budget Composition and Its Role in the National Economy
  • 3.2 Education
  • 3.3 Scientific Research and Development
  • 3.4 Health care
  • 4. Human Development Financing and Catch-up Growth
  • 5. Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Appendix
  • 3
  • The Past's Long Shadow: A Systematic Review and Network Analysis of Economic History
  • Abstract
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Data Extraction Procedure
  • 3. Network Analysis in Economic History
  • 4. Geography of Knowledge
  • 5. Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 4
  • Improving Deflators for Estimating Canadian Economic Growth, 1870-1900
  • Abstract
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Canadian National Accounts and Price Indexes, 1870 to 1900
  • 2.1 The Urquhart GNP Series
  • 3. Price Indexes
  • 4. Revised Price Index
  • 4.1 New Data
  • 5. Weighting the Basket
  • 6. Are the New Price Data Reliable?
  • 7. Revised GNP and Economic Growth
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 5
  • The Political Economy of State-chartered Banks in Early Twentieth-century Texas
  • Abstract
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Previous Research
  • 3. How Texas Gained State-chartered Banking
  • 4. Empirical Model and Evidence on the Determinants of the Vote
  • 5. Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 6
  • The Antebellum Slave Trade: Numbers and Impact on the Balance of Payments
  • Abstract
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Issues
  • 3 The Databases
  • 3.1 Transatlantic: Voyages Website
  • 3.2 Caribbean to North America: O'Malley Database
  • 3.3 Caribbean to Havana: Klein Database
  • 4 Numbers of Slaves
  • 4.1 Imports
  • 4.1.1 Total
  • 4.1.2 By Ship Nationality
  • 4.1.3 Smuggled from Caribbean
  • 4.1.4 Revenue Generating