1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777768403321

Titolo

The new comparative economic history : essays in honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson / / edited by Timothy J. Hatton, Kevin H. O'Rourke, and Alan M. Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2007

ISBN

0-262-30739-1

1-282-09893-4

9786612098932

0-262-27506-6

1-4294-7968-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (431 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WilliamsonJeffrey G. <1935->

HattonT. J

O'RourkeKevin H

TaylorAlan M. <1964->

Disciplina

330.9/034

Soggetti

Economic history - 19th century

Economic history - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the new comparative economic history / Timothy J. Hatton, Kevin H. O'Rourke, and Alan M. Taylor -- India in the great divergence / Robert C. Allen -- What made Britannia great? How much of the rise of Britain to world dominance by 1850 does the industrial revolution explain? / Gregory Clark -- Did European commodity prices converge during 1500-1800? / Süleyman Özmucur and Şevket Pamuk -- Market integration and convergence in the world wheat market, 1800-2000 / Giovanni Federico and Karl Gunnar Persson -- Biological globalization : the other grain invasion / Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode -- Other people's money : the evolution of bank capital in the industrialized world / Richard S. Grossman -- Education, migration, and regional wage convergence in U.S. history / William J. Collins -- Democracy and protectionism / Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor -- A dual policy paradox : why have trade and immigration policies



always differed in labor-scarce economies? / Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson -- Breaking the fetters : why did countries exit the interwar gold standard? / Holger C. Wolf and Tarik M. Yousef -- Were Jews political refugees or economic migrants? Assessing the persecution theory of Jewish emigration, 1881-1914 / Leah Platt Boustan -- Inequality and poverty in Latin America : a long-run exploration / Leandro Prados de la Escosura -- The convergence of living standards in the Atlantic economy, 1870-1930 / George R. Boyer -- You take the high road and I'll take the low road : economic success and well-being in the longer run / Cormac Ó Gráda -- Euro-productivity and Euro-jobs since the 1960s : which institutions really mattered? / Gayle J. Allard and Peter H. Lindert -- Afterword / Lawrence H. Summers.

Sommario/riassunto

Essays by internationally prominent economists examine long run cross-country economic trends from the perspective of New Comparative Economic History, an approach pioneered by Harvard economist Jeffrey G. Williamson.

2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00184666

Autore

GUGLIELMI, Gilles J.

Titolo

La notion d'admnistration publique dans la théorie juridique française : de la r évolution à l'arret cadot (1789-1889) / Gilles J. Guglielmi : préface de Georges  Dupuis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris, : L.G.D.J., 1991 - IV, 378 p. ; 24 cm

ISBN

32-7500-703-2

Soggetti

Francia - Amministrazione pubblica

FRANCIA - Storia sociale - Sec. 18.-19

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia