Research in economic history /

The latest volume in the series Research of Economic History contains articles on the economic history of Europe and the U.S.

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Other Authors: Hanes, Christopher (Editor), Wolcott, Susan (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bingley, England : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Research in Economic History.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • FRONT COVER; RESEARCH IN ECONOMIC HISTORY; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; EDITORS' INTRODUCTION; DEMOCRATIZATION AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING, 1870-1938: EMERGENCE OF THE LEVIATHAN?; INTRODUCTION; FISCAL EXPANSION OF THE STATE AND DEMOCRATIZATION; DEMOCRACIES AND LEGITIMACY; SOME DATA PUZZLES AND IMPLICATIONS; DEMOCRACY, INSTITUTIONS, AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING: A MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; DISCUSSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX; SWEDISH REGIONAL GDP 1855-2000: ESTIMATIONS AND GENERAL TRENDS IN THE SWEDISH REGIONAL SYSTEM; INTRODUCTION; THE EXPECTATIONS.
  • REGIONAL PRODUCTION DATA AND THE GEARY-STARK METHODDATA AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR SWEDISH REGIONS AND SOME PRELIMINARY TESTS; THE FINAL REGIONAL GDP ESTIMATION RESULTS; CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B: EMPLOYMENT PER SECTOR, 1860-2000; POLITICAL ECONOMIC LIMITS TO THE FED'S GOAL OF A COMMON NATIONAL BANK MONEY: THE PAR CLEARING CONTROVERSY REVISITED; INTRODUCTION; THE PRE-FED SYSTEM; ENTER THE FEDERAL RESERVE; THE PAR CLEARING CONTROVERSY; NON-PAR BANKS; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES.
  • THE ANTHROPOMETRIC HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICANS, C.1820-1890INTRODUCTION; PRIOR ESTIMATES OF THE HEIGHT OF THE NATIVE POPULATION OF NORTH AMERICA; TRUNCATED REGRESSION; INDIAN SCOUTS IN THE U.S. ARMY; DATA ON INDIAN SCOUTS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICANS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; THE DISPERSION OF CUSTOMS TARIFFS IN FRANCE BETWEEN 1850 AND 1913: DISCRIMINATION IN TRADE POLICY; INTRODUCTION; THE DISPERSION OF TARIFF PRACTICES IN FRANCE (1850-1910); EXPLANATIONS FOR DISPERSION OF TARIFFS: SYSTEMATIC ERROR VERSUS DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES.
  • HISTORIOGRAPHIC CONSEQUENCES OF TARIFFS DISPERSIONCONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES.