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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Research in Economic History Ser. ; v.36 |
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Research in Economic History Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- RESEARCH IN ECONOMIC HISTORY -- RESEARCH IN ECONOMICHISTORY: VOLUME 36 -- RESEARCH IN ECONOMIC HISTORY -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 -- Specializations in Switzerland in the Nineteenth Century: Evolution of Trade Patterns and Growth Model -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Specialization in Switzerland: an Historical and Institutional Overview -- 2.1 Geographical Context: Openness to the World -- 2.2 On the Importance of Human Capital -- 2.3 Traditional Protectionism vs Protection of Infant Industries -- 3. Data and Methodology |
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4. Nature and Dynamics of Export Specializations -- 4.1 Nature of Specialization -- 4.2 Export Concentration -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 2 -- Trends and Institutional Sources of Financing Russia's Human Capital Formation (Late Nineteenth-Early Twenty-first Centuries) -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Financial Data on Basic Fields of Human Capital Formation -- 2.1 General Considerations -- 2.2 Education -- 2.3 Scientific Research and Development -- 2.4 Health Care -- 3. Contributions of the Institutional Sectors of the National Economy to Its Human Capital Formation |
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3.1 The Government Budget Composition and Its Role in the National Economy -- 3.2 Education -- 3.3 Scientific Research and Development -- 3.4 Health care -- 4. Human Development Financing and Catch-up Growth -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix -- 3 -- The Past's Long Shadow: A Systematic Review and Network Analysis of Economic History -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data Extraction Procedure -- 3. Network Analysis in Economic History -- 4. Geography of Knowledge -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References |
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4 -- Improving Deflators for Estimating Canadian Economic Growth, 1870-1900 -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Canadian National Accounts and Price Indexes, 1870 to 1900 -- 2.1 The Urquhart GNP Series -- 3. Price Indexes -- 4. Revised Price Index -- 4.1 New Data -- 5. Weighting the Basket -- 6. Are the New Price Data Reliable? -- 7. Revised GNP and Economic Growth -- 8. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5 -- The Political Economy of State-chartered Banks in Early Twentieth-century Texas -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Previous Research |
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3. How Texas Gained State-chartered Banking -- 4. Empirical Model and Evidence on the Determinants of the Vote -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 6 -- The Antebellum Slave Trade: Numbers and Impact on the Balance of Payments -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Issues -- 3 The Databases -- 3.1 Transatlantic: Voyages Website -- 3.2 Caribbean to North America: O'Malley Database -- 3.3 Caribbean to Havana: Klein Database -- 4 Numbers of Slaves -- 4.1 Imports -- 4.1.1 Total -- 4.1.2 By Ship Nationality -- 4.1.3 Smuggled from Caribbean -- 4.1.4 Revenue Generating |
| Summary |
Research in Economic Historyis a well-established publication presenting influential work by leading researchers in the field of economic history, including economists, historians, and demographers |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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4.2 Carrying Trade |
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Economic history.
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Economic history.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hanes, Christopher, editor
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Wolcott, Susan, editor
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| ISBN |
9781839091797 |
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1839091797 |
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