Research in Economic History Volume 26

Research in economic history......Page 1
sdarticle_001.pdf......Page 2
sdarticle_002.pdf......Page 3
List of contributors......Page 4
Editor’s introduction......Page 5
Introduction......Page 6
The new estimates......Page 8
New construction: Regional paths......Page 10
Interpreting idiosyncratic cycles: Of scale and geographic hierarchy......Page 13
New construction: Regional levels......Page 15
Maintenance and the convergence of regional endowments......Page 27
Public works and growth: Preliminary results......Page 33
Public works and welfare improvements: Preliminary non-results......Page 47
Conclusion......Page 51
Notes......Page 52
References......Page 56
Social-overhead new construction: Value added at 1911 prices (million lire)......Page 58
Bilateral trade flows in Europe, 1857-1875: A new dataset......Page 86
Introduction......Page 87
The sample: countries and commodities......Page 89
Methodological challenges of historical foreign trade statistics......Page 99
Statistical assessment of the quality of historical bilateral trade data......Page 108
Detection and elimination of disguised transit......Page 115
Tackling the proximity bias: corrections for unaccounted partner country transit......Page 120
Finally: the dataset......Page 126
Notes......Page 146
References......Page 154
Historical statistics used for the dataset......Page 159
Gender, health, and welfare in England and Wales since industrialisation......Page 161
Anthropometric indicators of female disadvantage......Page 166
Gender and mortality......Page 170
Women’s work in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries......Page 176
Analysing long-term changes in cause-specific mortality......Page 182
Gender and the causes of mortality decline......Page 185
Conclusions......Page 197
Notes......Page 201
References......Page 202
Taxation with (?) representation: The political economy of public finance in antebellum California......Page 209
The creation of the California tax system......Page 211
‘‘Equal and Uniform?’’ The Politics of Property Taxation......Page 214
How shameless can you get? Property tax exemptions for mining......Page 220
Evidence on political support for tax exemptions......Page 222
Econometric analysis of the 1864 legislation......Page 226
How unusual was California?......Page 229
Conclusions......Page 232
Notes......Page 233
References......Page 235
An anatomy of a cartel: The national industrial recovery act of 1933 and the compliance crisis of 1934......Page 238
The logic of the NIRA......Page 240
Cartel behavior under the NIRA: A strategic analysis......Page 245
The Good-Patriot Effect......Page 249
The High-Wage Doctrine......Page 251
The Effectiveness of the Blue Eagle Emblem......Page 252
Empirical Evidence on the Role of the Blue Eagle......Page 255
Government Enforcement through Fine and Imprisonment......Page 262
The Nature and Causes of the Compliance Crisis: Implications of the Model......Page 264
The Model in Light of Existing NIRA Literature......Page 266
Conclusion......Page 267
Notes......Page 268
References......Page 271
Appendix. Comparative-static analysis of one-period model......Page 273
Introduction......Page 275
Meyer’s Economics......Page 278
With one eye always on France......Page 280
Open market policy in 1931: To strike a bold stroke......Page 281
Britain’s departure from gold......Page 285
The RFC and open market purchases......Page 288
The final crisis and collapse......Page 296
Conclusion......Page 299
Notes......Page 300
Acknowledgments......Page 306
References......Page 307