1.
Collective Hallucinations and Inefficient Markets: The British Railway Mania of the 1840s
Number of pages: 322
Posted: 18 Jan 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Mathematics and Digital Technology Center
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2,284
2.
This Time is Different: An Example of a Giant, Wildly Speculative, and Successful Investment Mania
B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Vol. 10, Issue 1, Article 60, 2010
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 23 Mar 2010
Last Revised: 27 Feb 2012
Accepted Paper Series
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Mathematics and Digital Technology Center
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1,218
3.
What Lessons for Economic Development Can We Draw from the Champagne Fairs?
CESifo Working Paper Series, No. 3438
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 19 May 2011
Working Paper Series
University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics and Politics and All Souls College, Oxford
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849
4.
Charles Mackay's Own Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Railway Mania
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 14 Sep 2011
Last Revised: 27 Feb 2012
Working Paper Series
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Mathematics and Digital Technology Center
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828
5.
Law, Finance and the First Corporations
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE RULE OF LAW, James J. Heckman, Robert L. Nelson, L. Cabatingan, eds., Abingdon: Routledge-Cavendish, 2009
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 21 Jan 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Tel Aviv University - Buchmann Faculty of Law
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828
6.
The Collapse of the Railway Mania, the Development of Capital Markets, and Robert Lucas Nash, a Forgotten Pioneer of Accounting and Financial Analysis
Number of pages: 67
Posted: 16 Jun 2010
Last Revised: 27 Feb 2012
Working Paper Series
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Mathematics and Digital Technology Center
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785
7.
Printing and Protestants: Reforming the Economics of the Reformation
Number of pages: 78
Posted: 18 Jan 2011
Last Revised: 17 Jun 2011
Working Paper Series
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros College of Business and Economics
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680
8.
Statistics in Ancient History
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 13-06
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 14 Feb 2013
Last Revised: 19 Feb 2013
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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673
9.
Self-Enforcing Political System and Economic Growth: Late Medieval Genoa
97-037
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 28 Jan 1998
Working Paper Series
Stanford University - Department of Economics
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631
10.
Overseas Trade and the Decline of Privateering
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 26 Mar 2008
Last Revised: 23 Nov 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Mannheim and Luxembourg Institute for Socio-Economic Research
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524
11.
A Mark of Distinction: Branding and Trade Mark Law in the UK from the 1860s
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 27 Jul 2009
Last Revised: 22 Oct 2009
Working Paper Series
Independent
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499
12.
The Cost of Transportation in Pre-Industrial Europe
Dartmouth College, Dept. of Econ, Working Paper No. 01-02
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 06 Feb 2001
Working Paper Series
Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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459
13.
Bagehot's Giant Bubble Failure
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 06 Sep 2019
Last Revised: 09 Sep 2024
Working Paper Series
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Mathematics and Digital Technology Center
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450
14.
Trade and information shocks, and market development: Evidence from early modern Europe
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 24 Jul 2017
Last Revised: 30 Aug 2021
Working Paper Series
Indian Institute of Management (IIMB), Bangalore
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440
15.
Patents and Industrialisation: An Historical Overview of the British Case, 1624-1907
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 11 Mar 2012
Working Paper Series
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa - Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM) and University of Bristol - Department of Historical Studies
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383
16.
Rethinking 'Distance From': Lessons from Wittenberg and Mainz
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 10 Jul 2023
Working Paper Series
Stanford University - Department of Economics
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375
17.
Trading Costs and the Pattern of Trade in Pre-Industrial Europe
Dartmouth Economics Working Paper No. 00-06
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 11 Jan 2001
Working Paper Series
Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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352
18.
The Forgotten Discovery of Gravity Models and the Inefficiency of Early Railway Networks
OEconomial, vol. 5, no. 1, 2015, pp. 157-192.
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 02 Sep 2014
Last Revised: 01 Jun 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Mathematics and Digital Technology Center
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342
19.
Toward Understanding 17th Century English Culture: A Structural Topic Model of Francis Bacon's Ideas
Number of pages: 92
Posted: 03 Apr 2017
Last Revised: 01 Aug 2018
Working Paper Series
Washington and Lee University - Department of Economics and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
Toward Understanding 17th Century English Culture: A Structural Topic Model of Francis Bacon's Ideas
Number of pages: 92
Posted: 03 Apr 2017
Last Revised: 01 Aug 2018
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317
A Structural Topic Model of the Features and the Cultural Origins of the Baconian Program
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6443
Number of pages: 94
Posted: 29 May 2017
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169
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317
20.
Does European Development Have Roman Roots? Evidence from the German Limes
Number of pages: 126
Posted: 29 Jul 2015
Last Revised: 06 Aug 2017
Working Paper Series
University of Hohenheim - Department of Economics
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316
21.
Comparative Advantages in Italy: A Long-Run Perspective
Bank of Italy Economic History Working Paper No. 9
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 22 Mar 2013
Working Paper Series
European University Institute and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Humboldt University Berlin - Department of Economics
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313
22.
Institutions, Trade and Growth: the Ancient Greek Case of Proxenia
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 84, Issue 1, pp. 1-39
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 28 Sep 2021
Last Revised: 20 Feb 2024
Accepted Paper Series
Princeton University
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295
23.
The Wheels of Change: Technology Adoption, Millwrights, and Persistence in Britain’s Industrialization
Number of pages: 77
Posted: 02 Dec 2019
Last Revised: 17 Nov 2020
Working Paper Series
Northwestern University - Department of Economics, University of Haifa and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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The Wheels of Change: Technology Adoption, Millwrights, and Persistence in Britain’s Industrialization
Number of pages: 77
Posted: 02 Dec 2019
Last Revised: 17 Nov 2020
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284
The Wheels of Change: Technology Adoption, Millwrights, and Persistence in Britain&Apos;S Industrialization
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14138
Number of pages: 80
Posted: 04 Dec 2019
Last Revised: 06 May 2020
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4
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284
24.
Trading Costs, the Expansion of Trade and Economic Growth in Pre-Industrial Europe
Dartmouth, Dept. Of Economics, Working Paper 00-05
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 11 Jan 2001
Working Paper Series
Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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281
25.
The Medieval Expansion of Long-Distance Trade: Adam Smith on the Town's Escape from the Violent and Low-Growth Feudal Equilibrium
Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 492
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 05 Jun 2016
Last Revised: 21 Jun 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University, Department of Political Science
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278
26.
Italy and the First Age of Globalization, 1861-1940
Bank of Italy Economic History Working Paper No. 16
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 25 Mar 2013
Working Paper Series
Princeton University - Department of History and University of Dublin, Trinity College
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277
27.
Emergence of Corporate Contract Set, Governance and Accountability: Standing Orders of the East India Company, 1600-1621
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 15 Jul 2008
Last Revised: 17 Jan 2017
Working Paper Series
Kozminski University
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270
28.
Characterizing a Legal-Intellectual Culture: Bacon, Coke, and Seventeenth-Century England
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 30 Jan 2019
Last Revised: 23 Sep 2019
Working Paper Series
Washington and Lee University - Department of Economics and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
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244
29.
The Anglo-American Misconception of Stockholders As ‘Owners’ and ‘Members’: Its Origins and Consequences
Journal of Institutional Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 23 Sep 2019
Working Paper Series
Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, The University of Virginia
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237
30.
Railroads and Growth in Prussia
Number of pages: 72
Posted: 22 Feb 2014
Last Revised: 22 Sep 2014
Working Paper Series
University of Cologne - Center for Macroeconomic Research (CMR)
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220
31.
Anaerobic Digestion as a Renewable Energy Source and Waste Management Technology: What Must Be Done for this Technology to Realize Success in the United States?
University of Massachusetts Law Review, Vol. 9, 2014
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 07 Apr 2014
Last Revised: 12 Dec 2014
Accepted Paper Series
University of North Dakota School of Law
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215
32.
Law and Technology
International Encyclopedia of Digital Communication & Society, 2014
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 27 Mar 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Monash University - Faculty of Law
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215
33.
The Past and Future of Work: How History Can Inform the Age of Automation
CESifo Working Paper No. 10766
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 27 Nov 2023
Working Paper Series
Oslo Metropolitan University and London School of Economics
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211
34.
From Wood to Coal May Well Be from Malthus to Solow
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 11 Mar 2014
Working Paper Series
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) - Monetary and Economic Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - European Department
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202
35.
International Trade Finance from the Origins to the Present: Market Structures, Regulation and Governance
The Oxford Handbook of Institutions of International Economic Governance and Market Regulation, 2019
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 17 Oct 2019
Working Paper Series
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and University of Toulouse 1 - Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches sur l'Économie, les Politiques et les Systèmes Sociaux (LEREPS)
There are 2 versions of this paper
International Trade Finance from the Origins to the Present: Market Structures, Regulation and Governance
The Oxford Handbook of Institutions of International Economic Governance and Market Regulation, 2019
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 17 Oct 2019
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188
International Trade Finance from the Origins to the Present: Market Structures, Regulation, and Governance
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13661
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 16 Apr 2019
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4
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188
36.
Lessons of the Spanish Empire, or the Curse of Resource Abundance
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 27 Jul 2012
Working Paper Series
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
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180
37.
Longevity in Services: The Case of the Dutch Warehousing Companies 1600-2000
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 28 Sep 2004
Working Paper Series
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)Amsterdam Business School and Independent
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178
38.
A Structural Topic Model of the Features and the Cultural Origins of the Baconian Program
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6443
Number of pages: 94
Posted: 29 May 2017
Working Paper Series
Washington and Lee University - Department of Economics and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
Toward Understanding 17th Century English Culture: A Structural Topic Model of Francis Bacon's Ideas
Number of pages: 92
Posted: 03 Apr 2017
Last Revised: 01 Aug 2018
Downloads
317
A Structural Topic Model of the Features and the Cultural Origins of the Baconian Program
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6443
Number of pages: 94
Posted: 29 May 2017
Downloads
169
Downloads
169
39.
How the Slave Trade Fostered Last Resort Lending
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 25 Jul 2018
Working Paper Series
University of the West of England (UWE)
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169
40.
How the East was Lost: Coevolution of Institutions and Culture in the 16th Century Portuguese Empire
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 30 Mar 2020
Working Paper Series
Universidade de Brasilia and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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162
41.
Roman Transport Network Connectivity and Economic Integration
CESifo Working Paper No. 7740
Number of pages: 73
Posted: 25 Jul 2019
Working Paper Series
Queen's University Belfast - Queen's Management School, University of Cologne - Center for Macroeconomic Research (CMR), University of Bayreuth - Faculty of Law, Business and Economics, University of Bayreuth and Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum
There are 2 versions of this paper
Roman Transport Network Connectivity and Economic Integration
CESifo Working Paper No. 7740
Number of pages: 73
Posted: 25 Jul 2019
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161
Roman Transport Network Connectivity and Economic Integration
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13838
Number of pages: 74
Posted: 30 Jul 2019
Downloads
13
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161
42.
Changing the Perception of Time: Railroads, Access to Knowledge and Innovation in Nineteenth Century France
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 21 Dec 2022
Working Paper Series
University of Bristol
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160
43.
Bulk Commodities and the Liverpool and London Markets of the Mid-19th Century
No. 2003-9a
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 04 Feb 2005
Working Paper Series
North Carolina State University - Department of Economics and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics
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159
44.
The Transaction Costs of Semi-Public Institutions: Railway History as a Challenge for Coase
Number of pages: 377
Posted: 02 Dec 2011
Working Paper Series
European University Institute - Florence School of Regulation
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149
45.
Does Medieval Trade Still Matter? Historical Trade Centers, Agglomeration and Contemporary Economic Development
Number of pages: 96
Posted: 20 Sep 2014
Last Revised: 19 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Hohenheim - Department of Economics
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142
46.
Mercantilist Warfare
In Economic Warfare: Storia Dell’arma Economica, edited by Virgilio Ilari and Giuseppe Della Torre, 59–74. Quaderno SISM 2017. Roma: Società Italiana di Storia Militare
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 17 May 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Insper
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139
47.
The Early British Railway System, the Casson Counterfactual, and the Effectiveness of Central Planning
Essays in Economic & Business History, vol. 34, 2016, pp. 60-94.
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 17 Jul 2014
Last Revised: 01 Jun 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Mathematics and Digital Technology Center
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130
48.
Ease vs. Noise: On the Conflicting Effects of Transportation Infrastructure
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6058
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 13 Oct 2016
Working Paper Series
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Geography and Environment, Technical University of Darmstadt - Department of Law and Economics and Touro University
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124
49.
The Impact of the German Autobahn Net on Regional Labor Market Performance: A Study Using Historical Instrument Variables
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8593
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 08 Nov 2014
Working Paper Series
Government of the Federal Republic of Germany - Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and University of Regensburg
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124
50.
Foreign Direct Investments and Intellectual Property Rights. International Intangible Assets in Spain circa 1820–1939
UAM Working Papers in Economic History, nº 02/2013, ISSN: 1885-6888
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 12 Dec 2019
Last Revised: 28 Jun 2021
Working Paper Series
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
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115
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