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Research in economic history. Volume 26 /
Annotation
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bingley :
Emerald JAI,
2008.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Research in Economic History; Copyright Page; Contents; List of contributors; Editor's introduction; Chapter 1. Social-Overhead Construction in Italy's Regions, 1861-1913; 1. Introduction; 2. The New Estimates; 3. New Construction: Regional Paths; 4. Interpreting Idiosyncratic Cycles: of Scale and Geographic Hierarchy; 5. New Construction: Regional Levels; 6. Maintenance and the Convergence of Regional Endowments; 7. Public Works and Growth: Preliminary Results; 8. Public Works and Welfare Improvements: Preliminary Non-Results; 9. Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References.
- Appendix A. Social-Overhead New Construction: Value Added at 1911 Prices (Million Lire)Appendix B. Social-Overhead Maintenance: Value Added at 1911 Prices (Million Lire); Chapter 2. Bilateral Trade Flows in Europe, 1857-1875: A New Dataset; 1. Introduction; 2. The Sample: Countries and Commodities; 3. Methodological Challenges of Historical Foreign Trade Statistics; 4. Statistical Assessment of the Quality of Historical Bilateral Trade Data; 5. Detection and Elimination of Disguised Transit; 6. Tackling the Proximity Bias: Corrections for Unaccounted Partner Country Transit.
- 7. Finally: The DatasetNotes; Acknowledgments; References; Appendix 1. Commodity Groups; Appendix 2. Historical Statistics Used for the Dataset; Chapter 3. Gender, Health, and Welfare in England and Wales Since Industrialisation; 1. Anthropometric Indicators of Female Disadvantage; 2. Gender and Mortality; 3. Women's Work in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries; 4. Analysing Long-Term Changes in Cause-Specific Mortality; 5. Gender and the Causes of Mortality Decline; 6. Conclusions; Notes; Acknowledgments; References.
- Chapter 4. Taxation with (Quest) Representation: The Political Economy of Public Finance in Antebellum CaliforniaThe Creation of the California Tax System; ''Equal and Uniformquest'' The Politics of Property Taxation; How Shameless can You Getquest Property Tax Exemptions for Mining; Evidence on Political Support for Tax Exemptions; Econometric Analysis of the 1864 Legislation; How Unusual was Californiaquest; Conclusions; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5. An Anatomy of a Cartel: The National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 and the Compliance Crisis of 1934; The Logic of the NIRA.
- Cartel Behavior Under the NIRA: A Strategic AnalysisThe Compliance Crisis of 1934; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Appendix. Comparative-Static Analysis of One-Period Model; Chapter 6. Governor Eugene Meyer and the Great Contraction; Introduction; Meyer's Economics; With One Eye Always on France; Open Market Policy in 1931: To Strike a Bold Stroke; Britain's Departure from Gold; The RFC and Open Market Purchases; The Final Crisis and Collapse; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Data Sources.