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Department of Economic History
Working papers
Working papers pre-2000
Working papers pre-2000
N°53
The Myth of Meritocracy: An Inquiry into the Social Origins of Britain's Business Leaders Since 1850
Tom Nicholas
N°52
Income Distribution and Convergence: the European Experience, 1870-1992
Philip Epstein, Peter Howlett, Max-Stephan Schulze
N°51
The Rise and Decline of Italian City-States
S. R. Epstein
N°50
Industrial Growth Revisited: Manufacturing Output in Greece during the Interwar Period
Olga Christodoulaki
N°49
Nutrition and Economic Destitution in Northern Ghana, 1930-1957. A Historical Perspective on Nutritional Economics
Jérôme Destombes
N°48 Quantitative Economic History
Nicholas F. R. Crafts
N°47 The Impact of American Aid in the Spanish Economy in the 1950s
Oscar Calvo-Gonzalez
1998
N°46 The Late Medieval Crisis as an 'Integration' Crisis
S R Epstein
N°45 In Search of the 'traditional' Working Class: Social Mobility and Occupational Continuity in Inter-war London
Dudley Baines, Paul Johnson
N°44 Industrial Growth in the Third World, c.1870-c.1990: Depressions, Intra-Regional Trade and Ethnic Networks
Edited by Gareth Austin
N°43 Clogs to Clogs in Three Generations? Explaining Entrepreneurial Performance in Britain Since 1850
Tom Nicholas
N°42 Productivity of Growth during the First Industrial Revolution: Inferences from the Pattern of British External Trade
C Knick Harley, N F R Crafts
N°41 Finance Capital in the Weimar Republic: Does Evidence on Supervisory Board Representation Support Hilferding's View of the Role of Large Banks in German Capitalism?
Jeroen F De Boer
N°40 American Business Cycles since World War II: Historical Behaviour and Statistical Representation
Philip Epstein
N°39 The Abolition of Resale Price Maintenance in Britain in 1964: a turning point for British Manufacturers?
Helen Mercer
1997
N°38 'Pawns will live when slaves is apt to dye': Slaving and Pawnship at Old Calabar in the era of the Slave Trade
Paul E Lovejoy, David Richardson
N°37 The Labour Force Participation and Economic Well-Being of Older Men in London, 1929-31
Dudley Baines, Paul Johnson
N°36 Re-Estimating Austrian GDP, 1870-1913: Methods and Sources
Max-Stephan Schulze
N°35 Were British "Business Cycles" Cyclical? Evidence from Historical Statistics, 1700-1913
Philip Epstein
1996
N°34 The Character of "Rational Economic Man"
Mary S Morgan
N°33 The Human Development Index: Some Historical Comparisons
N F R Crafts
N°32 Population Growth and the Dynamics of Canadian Development: A Multivariate Time Series Approach
Alan G Green, Gordon R Sparks
N°31 Creditors, Debtors and the Law in Victorian and Edwardian England
Paul Johnson
N°30 Transplanting Economic Ideas: International Coercion and Native Policy
Ioanna Pepelasis Minoglu
1995
N°29 The 'Quality of Life': Lessons For and From the British Industrial Revolution
N F R Crafts
N°28 Craft Guilds, Apprenticeship and Technological Change in Pre-Modern Europe
S R Epstein
N°27 The Principal-Agent Question: The Chartered Trading Companies
S P Ville, S R H Jones
N°26 British Business in Argentina
Colin M Lewis
N°25 How Important was Tariff Protection for Spanish Farming Prior to 1936?
James Simpson
1994
N°24 Late Economic Development in a Regional Context
Domingos Giroletti, Max-Stephan Schulze, Carles Sudri
N°23 Bygone Charity ö Myths and Realities
Robert Humphreys
N°22 Freedom and Growth. The European Miracle?
S R Epstein
N°21 Economic Distress and Unemployment in Australia since 1850
Paul Johnson
N°20 Tenancy and Agricultural Techniques: Evidence from the 1882 Commission
David Coombs
N°19 Short-termism is Trial: An Empirical Approach
Breht Feigh
N°18 British Imperialism in Microcosm: The Annexation of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Margaret Ackrill
N°17 "Blind Alley" Employment and the Role of Adolescent Labour Force Experience in Skill Development in Late 19th and Early 20th Century England
David Mitch
N°16 Learning by Doing Among Victorian Farmworkers: A Case Study in the Biological and Cognitive Foundations of Skill Acquisition
David Mitch
1993
N°15 Essex Men Vindicated: Output, Incomes and Investment in Agriculture, 1850-73
E H Hunt and S J Pam
N°14 Scientific Charity in Victorian London. Claims and Achievements of the Charity Organisation Society, 1869-1890
Robert Humphreys
N°13 Political Primacy in Economic Laws: A Comparison of British and American Anti-dumping Legislation, 1921
Peter M. Richards
N°12 The Performance of Public Enterprises in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe During the Last Two Decades
David Ferreira
1992
N°11 Regional Fairs, Institutional Innovation and Economic Growth in Late Medieval Britain
S.R. Epstein
N°10 Much Ado About Little
Robert Humphreys
N°9 Human Capital and Payment Systems in Britain, 1833-1914
Dudley Baines, Peter Howlett, Paul Johnson
N°8 The Instituto Nacional de Prevision Social and Social Insurance Reform in Argentina, 1944 to 1953
Peter Lloyd-Sherlock
N°7 Class Law in Victorian Britain
Paul Johnson
N°6 Scale Bias & State Building: an Historical Perspective on Government Intervention, Political Systems & Economic Performance in Tropical Africa
Gareth Austin
N°5 European Emigration 1815-1930. Looking at the Emigration Decision Again
Dudley Baines
N°4 Textile Factories, Tuberculosis and the Quality of Life in Industrializing Japan
Janet Hunter
N°3 Social Risk and Social Welfare in Britain, 1870-1939
Paul Johnson
N°2 New Light Through Old Windows: A New Perspective on the British Economy in the Second World War
Peter Howlett
N°1 Competing Notions of "Competition" in Late-Nineteenth Century American Economics
Mary S Morgan
1998
N°46 The Late Medieval Crisis as an 'Integration' Crisis
S R Epstein
N°45 In Search of the 'traditional' Working Class: Social Mobility and Occupational Continuity in Inter-war London
Dudley Baines, Paul Johnson
N°44 Industrial Growth in the Third World, c.1870-c.1990: Depressions, Intra-Regional Trade and Ethnic Networks
Edited by Gareth Austin
N°43 Clogs to Clogs in Three Generations? Explaining Entrepreneurial Performance in Britain Since 1850
Tom Nicholas
N°42 Productivity of Growth during the First Industrial Revolution: Inferences from the Pattern of British External Trade
C Knick Harley, N F R Crafts
N°41 Finance Capital in the Weimar Republic: Does Evidence on Supervisory Board Representation Support Hilferding's View of the Role of Large Banks in German Capitalism?
Jeroen F De Boer
N°40 American Business Cycles since World War II: Historical Behaviour and Statistical Representation
Philip Epstein
N°39 The Abolition of Resale Price Maintenance in Britain in 1964: a turning point for British Manufacturers?
Helen Mercer
1997
N°38 'Pawns will live when slaves is apt to dye': Slaving and Pawnship at Old Calabar in the era of the Slave Trade
Paul E Lovejoy, David Richardson
N°37 The Labour Force Participation and Economic Well-Being of Older Men in London, 1929-31
Dudley Baines, Paul Johnson
N°36 Re-Estimating Austrian GDP, 1870-1913: Methods and Sources
Max-Stephan Schulze
N°35 Were British "Business Cycles" Cyclical? Evidence from Historical Statistics, 1700-1913
Philip Epstein
1996
N°34 The Character of "Rational Economic Man"
Mary S Morgan
N°33 The Human Development Index: Some Historical Comparisons
N F R Crafts
N°32 Population Growth and the Dynamics of Canadian Development: A Multivariate Time Series Approach
Alan G Green, Gordon R Sparks
N°31 Creditors, Debtors and the Law in Victorian and Edwardian England
Paul Johnson
N°30 Transplanting Economic Ideas: International Coercion and Native Policy
Ioanna Pepelasis Minoglu
1995
N°29 The 'Quality of Life': Lessons For and From the British Industrial Revolution
N F R Crafts
N°28 Craft Guilds, Apprenticeship and Technological Change in Pre-Modern Europe
S R Epstein
N°27 The Principal-Agent Question: The Chartered Trading Companies
S P Ville, S R H Jones
N°26 British Business in Argentina
Colin M Lewis
N°25 How Important was Tariff Protection for Spanish Farming Prior to 1936?
James Simpson
1994
N°24 Late Economic Development in a Regional Context
Domingos Giroletti, Max-Stephan Schulze, Carles Sudri
N°23 Bygone Charity ö Myths and Realities
Robert Humphreys
N°22 Freedom and Growth. The European Miracle?
S R Epstein
N°21 Economic Distress and Unemployment in Australia since 1850
Paul Johnson
N°20 Tenancy and Agricultural Techniques: Evidence from the 1882 Commission
David Coombs
N°19 Short-termism is Trial: An Empirical Approach
Breht Feigh
N°18 British Imperialism in Microcosm: The Annexation of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Margaret Ackrill
N°17 "Blind Alley" Employment and the Role of Adolescent Labour Force Experience in Skill Development in Late 19th and Early 20th Century England
David Mitch
N°16 Learning by Doing Among Victorian Farmworkers: A Case Study in the Biological and Cognitive Foundations of Skill Acquisition
David Mitch
1993
N°15 Essex Men Vindicated: Output, Incomes and Investment in Agriculture, 1850-73
E H Hunt and S J Pam
N°14 Scientific Charity in Victorian London. Claims and Achievements of the Charity Organisation Society, 1869-1890
Robert Humphreys
N°13 Political Primacy in Economic Laws: A Comparison of British and American Anti-dumping Legislation, 1921
Peter M. Richards
N°12 The Performance of Public Enterprises in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe During the Last Two Decades
David Ferreira
1992
N°11 Regional Fairs, Institutional Innovation and Economic Growth in Late Medieval Britain
S.R. Epstein
N°10 Much Ado About Little
Robert Humphreys
N°9 Human Capital and Payment Systems in Britain, 1833-1914
Dudley Baines, Peter Howlett, Paul Johnson
N°8 The Instituto Nacional de Prevision Social and Social Insurance Reform in Argentina, 1944 to 1953
Peter Lloyd-Sherlock
N°7 Class Law in Victorian Britain
Paul Johnson
N°6 Scale Bias & State Building: an Historical Perspective on Government Intervention, Political Systems & Economic Performance in Tropical Africa
Gareth Austin
N°5 European Emigration 1815-1930. Looking at the Emigration Decision Again
Dudley Baines
N°4 Textile Factories, Tuberculosis and the Quality of Life in Industrializing Japan
Janet Hunter
N°3 Social Risk and Social Welfare in Britain, 1870-1939
Paul Johnson
N°2 New Light Through Old Windows: A New Perspective on the British Economy in the Second World War
Peter Howlett
N°1 Competing Notions of "Competition" in Late-Nineteenth Century American Economics
Mary S Morgan
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