Research in Economic History

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-7623-1344-0
Verlag: Jai Press Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 611 g

This volume includes seven papers in quantitative economic history. Four were accepted through our regular channels. These include Harald Edquist and Magnus Henrekson on Technological Breakthroughs and Productivity Growth, Scott Redenius on New National Bank Loan Rate Estimates, 1887-1975, Ebru Guven Solakoglu on the Net Effect of Railroads on Stature in the Post Bellum Economy, and Pedro Lains on Growth in a Protected Environment, Portugal, 1850 1950. Three papers are from a 2004 conference, Towards a Global History of Prices and Wages. These include Metin Cosgel on Agricultural Productivity in the Early Ottoman Empire, Johan Söderberg on Grain Prices in Cairo and Europe in the Middle Ages, and Jun Seong Ho and James Lewis on Wages, Rents, and Interest Rates in Southern Korea, 1700 to 1900.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Field, Alexander J.

Clark, Gregory

Sundstrom, William A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGHS AND PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
NEW NATIONAL BANK LOAN RATE ESTIMATES, 1887 - 1975
THE NET EFFECT OF RAILROADS ON STATURE IN THE POSTBELLUM PERIOD
GROWTH IN A PROTECTED ENVIRONMENT: PORTUGAL, 1850-1950
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY IN THE EARLY OTTOMAN EMPIRE
GRAIN PRICES IN CAIRO AND EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE AGES
WAGES, RENTS, AND INTEREST RATES IN SOUTHERN KOREA, 1700 TO 1900