Journal of Economic History

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• The Institutional Framework of Russian Serfdom AI翻译
  作者：University of Houston System; University of Houston
• The superior bank: The Bank of France from 1800 to 1914 AI翻译
  作者：Paris School of Economics
• The Encyclopedia of Migration and Minorities in Europe: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present AI翻译
  作者：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station
• Inequality of Wealth in the Ottoman Empire: War, Weather, and Long-Term Trends in Eighteenth-Century Kastamonu AI翻译
  作者：University of Connecticut; University of Vermont
  摘要：This article offers a quantitative analysis of wealth inequality in the Ottoman Empire, employing data from probate inventories (terekes) of eighteenth-century Kastamonu, a town located in northern Anatolia. Extracting information on wealth levels and personal characteristics of individuals, we estimate aggregate measures of wealth inequality, namely the Gini coefficient, the coefficient of variation, and the wealth shares of the wealthiest 10 and 25 percent of estates. We use regression analy...
• The Creative Society - And the Price Americans Paid for It AI翻译
  作者：Boston University
• Living Standards in Latin American History: Height, Welfare, and Development, 1750-2000 AI翻译
  作者：Middlebury College
• Rules of Exchange: French Capitalism in Comparative Perspective, Eighteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries AI翻译
  作者：Bocconi University
• Pork-Barrel Politics in Semi-Democracies: The Spanish Parliamentary Roads, 1880-1914 AI翻译
  作者：University of Barcelona; University of Barcelona; University of Barcelona
  摘要：This article analyzes the effects of parliamentary representation on road infrastructure expenditure during the Spanish Restoration. Using a panel data set of Spanish provinces in 1880-1914, we find that the allocation of administrative resources among provinces depended both on the delegation characteristics (such as the share of MPs with party leadership positions, and their degree of electoral independence), and the regime's global search for stability. These results point to the importance...
• The Agrarian History of Sweden: From 400BC to AD2000 AI翻译
  作者：Lund University
• The Market for Paintings in Italy During the Seventeenth Century AI翻译
  作者：Universita Ca Foscari Venezia; University of Milano-Bicocca
  摘要：We study the seventeenth-century market for figurative paintings in Italy analyzing original contracts between patrons and artists. We show that a number of supply and demand factors affected prices. We find a positive and concave relation between prices and size of paintings reflecting economies of scale. We show evidence of a positive relationship between prices and the number of figures depicted. Trade in paintings was sufficient to equalize prices between different destinations. Finally, w...