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Do the rules of the game matter? Monetary regimes and financial stability since 1920
6 Apr, 2017
by German Forero-Laverde (Universidad Externado de Colombia / Universitat de Barcelona) Financial crises come in many shapes and forms....
From losing an empire to leaving Europe: Brexit and the British public relations with the EEC (1961-75)
30 Mar, 2017
by David Thackeray (University of Exeter) On referendum day in June last year, the 52-year old Nigel Farage expressed his...
Brexit, Globalisation and De-Industrialisation
29 Mar, 2017
by Jim Tomlinson (Glasgow University) In seeking to understand the economic basis of the Brexit vote, we should concentrate...
The impact of new universities on regional growth: evidence from the United States 1930-80
21 Mar, 2017
by Alexandra López Cermeño, Lund University / Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Universities generate growth spillovers beyond simply the...
Extractive Policies and Economic Outcomes: the Unitary Origins of the Present-Day North-South of Italy Divide
7 Mar, 2017
by Guilherme de Oliveira (Columbia Law School) and Carmine Guerriero (University of Bologna) Italy emerged from the Congress of...
The TOWER OF BABEL: why we are still a long way from everyone speaking the same language
2 Mar, 2017
Nearly a third of the world’s 6,000 plus distinct languages have more than 35,000 speakers. But despite the big...
From NEP-HIS Blog: ‘The market turn: From social democracy to market liberalism’, by Avner Offer
21 Feb, 2017
The market turn: From social democracy to market liberalism By Avner Offer, All Souls College, University of Oxford (avner.offer@all-souls.ox.ac.uk)...
From VOX – Short poppies: the height of WWI servicemen
16 Feb, 2017
From Timothy Hatton, Professor of Economics, Australian National University and University of Essex. Originally published on 9 May 2014...
WELFARE SPENDING DOESN’T ‘CROWD OUT’ CHARITABLE WORK: Historical evidence from England under the Poor Laws
14 Feb, 2017
Cutting the welfare budget is unlikely to lead to an increase in private voluntary work and charitable giving, according...
From The Conversation: No, the Black Death did not create more jobs for women
9 Feb, 2017
by Jane Humphries, Professor of Economic History, University of Oxford Published on 8 April 2014 The plague known as...
France’s Nineteenth Century Wine Crisis: the impact on crime rates
7 Feb, 2017
  The phylloxera crisis in nineteenth century France destroyed 40% of the country’s vineyards, devastating local economies. According to...
From VOX – free ebook download – The Long Economic and Political Shadow of History, Volume 1
24 Jan, 2017
Over the past decades, economists working on growth have ‘rediscovered’ the importance of history, leading to the emergence of...
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