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• Norman B. Ream: Forgotten Master of Markets AI翻译
  作者：University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Political Extremism in the 1920s and 1930s: Do German Lessons Generalize? AI翻译
  作者：University of Oxford; University of California System; University of California Berkeley; University of Oxford
  摘要：We examine the impact of the Great Depression on the share of votes for right-wing extremists in elections in the 1920s and 1930s. We confirm the existence of a link between political extremism and economic hard times as captured by growth or contraction of the economy. What mattered was not simply growth at the time of the election, but cumulative growth performance. The impact was greatest in countries with relatively short histories of democracy, with electoral systems that created low hurd...
• Freaks of Fortune: The Emerging World of Capitalism and Risk in America AI翻译
  作者：Texas Tech University System; Texas Tech University
• Engines of Growth: The Productivity Advance of Indian Railways, 1874-1912 AI翻译
  作者：University of California System; University of California Irvine; Claremont Colleges; Scripps College
  摘要：Railways were integral to the development of the Indian economy before World War I. This article presents new estimates of total factor productivity (TFP) for railways from 1874 to 1912, which highlight the strong performance of this key industrial sector. Railway-industry TFP growth was substantial averaging 2.3 percent per year and generating a 2.7 percent social savings for the Indian economy. A combination of factors contributed to TFP growth including greater capacity utilization, technol...
• Measuring Up: A History of Living Standards in Mexico, 1850-1950 AI翻译
  作者：University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; National Bureau of Economic Research
• Sequential Sales as a Test of Adverse Selection in the Market for Slaves AI翻译
  作者：Tulane University
  摘要：When imported slaves were first sold in New Orleans, buyers were unaware of the slaves' unobservable characteristics. In time, the new owners learned more about their slaves and may have resold the lemons. Previous research suggests that buyers anticipated such adverse selection and reduced their bids for these slaves. Consequently, we should observe lower prices for resold slaves. We test this proposition by linking the sequential sales records of 568 slaves. Through a comparison of initial a...
• America's First Great Depression: Economic Crisis and Political Disorder After the Panic of 1837 AI翻译
  作者：Clemson University
• The United States and the Global Economy: From Bretton Woods to the Current Crisis AI翻译
  作者：University of California System; University of California Davis; National Bureau of Economic Research
• Commercial Activity, Markets, and Entrepreneurs in the Middle Ages: Essays in Honour of Richard Britnell AI翻译
  作者：University of California System; University of California Irvine
• The Economy of Israel from the Foundation of the State through the Twenty-First Century AI翻译
  作者：Hebrew University of Jerusalem