作者:University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles
摘要:Geographic clustering in inventive activity has often been attributed to clustering in production. For the glass industry, we find that despite a general association between location of invention and production, there were significant deviations. Centers of production were not always centers of invention, and some of the most inventive areas, such as southern New England, had very limited production. We hypothesize that the growth of a market for technology facilitated a geographic division of...
作者:Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve Bank - Kansas City; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick
作者:University of California System; University of California Irvine
作者:University of Wyoming
摘要:The old-regime monarchy, particularly during the reign of Louis XIV, did much of its borrowing through the mediation of privileged corporate bodies that sought lenders on the private market and then acted as guarantors against royal default. After comparing the creditors of various privileged bodies and considering the reasons why some were more successful than others in attracting a wide circle of creditors, this study argues for a reconsideration of the constitutional-absolutist dichotomy in...
作者:Purdue University System; Purdue University