Explorations in Economic History

1969 - 2025

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Migration to the agricultural frontier and wealth accumulation, 1860-1870 pp. 547-577: James I. Stewart
The development and inequality of heights in North, West, and East India 1915-1944 pp. 578-608: Aravinda Guntupalli and Joerg Baten
An experiment with multiple currencies: the American monetary system from 1838-60 pp. 609-645: Jay Shambaugh
Bondholder gains from the annexation of Texas and implications of the US bailout pp. 646-666: Richard Burdekin
The long-term impact of mergers and the emergence of a merger wave in pre-World-War I Germany pp. 667-688: Gerhard Kling
The impact of the Civil War on capital intensity and labor productivity in southern manufacturing pp. 689-704: William K. Hutchinson and Robert Margo

What drove 19th century commodity market integration? pp. 383-412: David Jacks
Does a reduction in the length of the working week reduce unemployment? Some evidence from the Italian economy during the Great Depression pp. 413-437: Fabrizio Mattesini and B. Quintieri
Nutrition and growth in Italy, 1861-1911: What macroeconomic data hide pp. 438-464: Giovanni Vecchi and Michela Coppola
The fertility of the Irish in the United States in 1910 pp. 465-485: Timothy Guinnane, Carolyn Moehling and Cormac Ó Gráda
Indian lands, "Squatterism," and slavery: Economic interests and the passage of the indian removal act of 1830 pp. 486-504: Leonard Carlson and Mark A. Roberts
How were the Federal Reserve Bank locations selected? pp. 505-526: Michael R. McAvoy
Food, nutrition, and substitution in the late nineteenth century pp. 527-545: Trevon Logan

The impact of New Deal expenditures on mobility during the Great Depression pp. 179-222: Price Fishback, William Horrace and Shawn Kantor
How brinkmanship saved Chadbourne: Credibility and the International Sugar Agreement of 1931 pp. 223-256: Alan Dye and Richard Sicotte
Labor productivity in the United States and the United Kingdom during the nineteenth century pp. 257-279: Stephen Broadberry and Douglas Irwin
International comparison in historical perspective: Reconstructing the 1934-1936 Benchmark purchasing power parity for Japan, Korea, and Taiwan pp. 280-308: Kyoji Fukao, Debin Ma and Tangjun Yuan
Does fiscal policy influence monetary policy? The case of Spain, 1874-1935 pp. 309-331: Marcela Sabate, María Gadea and Regina Escario
Taxes, efficiency, and redistribution: Discriminatory taxation of villages in Ottoman Palestine, Southern Syria, and Transjordan in the sixteenth century pp. 332-356: Metin Cosgel
Investment in private water development: Property rights and contractual opportunism during the California Gold Rush pp. 357-381: Mark Kanazawa

Financial revolutions and economic growth: Introducing this EEH symposium pp. 1-12: Peter Rousseau and Richard Sylla
Stock market development and economic growth in Belgium pp. 13-38: Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, Frans Buelens and Ludo Cuyvers
Did banks cause the German industrialization? pp. 39-63: Carsten Burhop
Free or central banking? Liquidity and financial deepening in Sweden, 1834-1913 pp. 64-93: Anders Ögren
Japanese industrial finance at the close of the 19th century: Trade credit and financial intermediation pp. 94-118: Yoshiro Miwa and John Ramseyer
Growth in manufacturing output in Ireland between the Union and the Famine: Some evidence pp. 119-152: Andy Bielenberg and Frank Geary
Change in the plantation system: American South, 1910-1945 pp. 153-176: Nancy Virts

Turnpike trusts and the transportation revolution in 18th century England pp. 479-508: Dan Bogart
Voting rules and the success of connected lending in 19th century New England banks pp. 509-528: Christopher Meissner
The anti-tobacco movement in the Progressive Era: A case study of direct democracy in Oregon pp. 529-546: John Dinan and Jac Heckelman
Institutions, wages, and inequality: The case of Europe and its periphery (1500-1899) pp. 547-566: Davin Chor
Deposit drains on "interest-paying" banks before financial crises pp. 567-585: Christopher Hoag
Industrialization and urbanization: Did the steam engine contribute to the growth of cities in the United States? pp. 586-598: Sukkoo Kim

Credit rationing and crowding out during the industrial revolution: evidence from Hoare's Bank, 1702-1862 pp. 325-348: Peter Temin and Hans-Joachim Voth
The curse of Moctezuma: American silver and the Dutch disease pp. 349-380: Mauricio Drelichman
Intra- and international commodity market integration in the Atlantic economy, 1800-1913 pp. 381-413: David Jacks
Path dependent border effects: the case of Poland's reunification (1918-1939) pp. 414-438: Nikolaus Wolf
The convergence process of Argentina with Australia and Canada: 1875-2000 pp. 439-458: Isabel Sanz-Villarroya
Much ado about nothing: the limitation of liability and the market for 19th century Irish bank stock pp. 459-476: Charles R. Hickson, John Turner and Claire McCann

Order without law? Property rights during the California gold rush pp. 155-183: Karen Clay and Gavin Wright
The role of the merchant coalition in pre-modern Japanese economic development: an historical institutional analysis pp. 184-201: Tetsuji Okazaki
The drachma, foreign creditors, and the international monetary system: tales of a currency during the 19th and the early 20th centuries pp. 202-236: Sophia Lazaretou
Regime change and debt default: the case of Russia, Austro-Hungary, and the Ottoman empire following World War One pp. 237-258: Lyndon Moore and Jakub Kaluzny
The spirit of capitalism? Ethnicity, religion, and self-employment in early 20th century Canada pp. 259-281: Chris Minns and Marian Rizov
The efficiency gains from site value taxes: the Tithe Commutation Act of 1836 pp. 282-309: Gregory Clark and Eric Jamelske
The gang system and comparative advantage pp. 310-323: J.T. Toman

Emerging financial markets and early US growth pp. 1-26: Peter Rousseau and Richard Sylla
How could everyone have been so wrong? Forecasting the Great Depression with the railroads pp. 27-55: Adam Klug, John Landon-Lane and Eugene White
Causes of bank suspensions in the panic of 1893 pp. 56-80: Mark Carlson
On the nature and causes of business fluctuations in Italy, 1861-2000 pp. 81-100: Domenico Delli Gatti, Marco Gallegati and Mauro Gallegati
The quantity theory in New England, 1703-1749: new data to analyze an old question pp. 101-121: Lawrence Officer
Team promotion in early major league baseball and the origin of the closed sports league pp. 122-152: Edwin Eckard
Erratum to "Stature decline and recovery in a food-rich export economy: Argentina 1900-1934" [Explorations in Economic History 41 (2004) 233-255] pp. 153-153: Ricardo D. Salvatore