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Enterprising America : Businesses, Banks, and Credit Markets in Historical Perspective / / William J. Collins, Robert A. Margo
| Enterprising America : Businesses, Banks, and Credit Markets in Historical Perspective / / William J. Collins, Robert A. Margo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 287 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 338.0973 |
| Collana | National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report |
| Soggetto topico |
Business enterprises - United States - History
Business enterprises - United States - Finance - History Commercial credit - United States - History Bank loans - United States - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Bankruptcy
Banks Governance Growth Incorporation Manufacturing Plantations Scale economies |
| ISBN | 0-226-26176-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Revisiting American Exceptionalism: Democracy and the Regulation of Corporate Governance -- 2. Corporate Governance and the Development of Manufacturing Enterprises in Nineteenth- Century Massachusetts -- 3. The Evolution of Bank Boards of Directors in New York, 1840‒1950 -- 4. Did Railroads Make Antebellum US Banks More Sound? -- 5. Sources of Credit and the Extent of the Credit Market -- 6. Economies of Scale in Nineteenth- Century American Manufacturing Revisited -- 7 Were Antebellum Cotton Plantations Factories in the Field? -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910861032503321 |
| Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2015] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Human capital in history : the American record / / Leah Platt Boustan, Carola Frydman, Robert A. Margo
| Human capital in history : the American record / / Leah Platt Boustan, Carola Frydman, Robert A. Margo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (419 p.) |
| Disciplina | 302.0973 |
| Collana | National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report |
| Soggetto topico |
Human capital - United States
Labor supply - United States - History |
| Soggetto non controllato | expansion, labor, economics, finance, money, research, academic, scholarly, analysis, textbook, college, university, wealth, inventions, technology, leadership, modern, contemporary, history, historical, workforce, workers, women, marriage, gender, equality, equity, inequality, social justice, society, education, skilled, unskilled, jobs, high school, graduation, elementary, secondary, immigration, immigrant, assimilation, health, income, class, classism, earnings |
| ISBN | 0-226-16392-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Technical Change and the Relative Demand for Skilled Labor -- 2. Explaining Trends in High School Graduation The Changing Elementary and Secondary Education Policy Landscape and Income Inequality over the Last Half Century -- 3. The Role of Immigrant Children in Their Parents' Assimilation in the United States, 1850- 2010 -- 4. Health, Education, and Income in the United States, 1820- 2000 -- 5. The Female Labor Force and Long- Run Development -- 6. The Origin and Persistence of Black- White DiVerences in Women's Labor Force Participation -- 7. Cohabitation and the Uneven Retreat from Marriage in the United States, 1950- 2010 -- 8. Is There a Case for a "Second Demographic Transition"? -- 9. A Pollution Theory of Discrimination -- 10. The Supply of Gender Stereotypes and Discriminatory Beliefs -- 11. Claudia Goldin -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910861032403321 |
| Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2014] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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