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The commerce of comfort : exploring retail trade and consumer patterns in late 18th-century Courland

Baumgartl, Matthias; Kruk, Oliver - 2025

While several studies have shed light on the emergence of consumer society in Western Europe and the Atlantic world, our knowledge on the spread of new consumption patterns in regions beyond the core areas of European economic development is still limited. To gain insights into patterns of...

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Evidence of early medieval grain exports from Barcelona to Al-Andalus

Freudenhammer, Thomas - 2025

The unexpected loss of a large cargo of barley taken on loan in Barcelona in 1021 suggests that the merchandise was intended for export. The Jewish merchant concerned, named Benevenisti, may have lost the cargo as a result of a shipwreck. An Arab source from the 11th century reports a maritime...

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Distance, Empire, and British exports over two centuries

Jacks, David S.; O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj; Taylor, Alan M. - 2025

We introduce a new dataset on British exports at the bilateral, commodity-level from 1700 to 1899. We then pit two primary determinants of bilateral trade against one another: the trade-diminishing effects of distance versus the trade-enhancing effects of the British Empire. We find that the...

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Historical perspectives

Eichengreen, Barry - 2026

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The instruments of Genoese intermediation in the global silver trade (17th-18th centuries)

Maréchaux, Benoît; Brilli, Catia - 2026

This article aims to provide a clearer account of the financial instruments and investments employed by major Genoese merchantbankers to intermediate the global silver trade during the 17th and 18th centuries. Drawing on recent literature, as well as the private accounts and correspondence of...

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Bad for business : sexual harassment in the American workplace, 1975-2017

Colaianni, Nicole S. - 2026

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Bad for business : sexual harassment in the american workplace, 1975-2017

Colaianni, Nicole S. - 2026

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A thirst for silver : trade shock, taxation, and local unrest in nineteenth-century China

Chen, Ting; Li, Jianan; Pang, Chong; Zi, Yuan - 2026

Under what conditions can globalization become a source of state fragility? We provide the first systematic evidence that rigid trade and taxation systems, together with the collapse in global silver production following the Spanish American wars of independence, fueled rising silver prices and...

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The political economy of imperial trade policies

Bonfatti, Roberto; Facchini, Giovanni; Silva, Peri; … - 2026

During the 19th century, colonial empires expanded substantially, with at their heart flourishing trade relationships between the imperial power and its colonies. Notably, imperial powers adopted distinct commercial strategies: while some pursued an “open door” policy, others implemented...

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The political economy of imperial trade policies

Bonfatti, Roberto; Facchini, Giovanni; Silva, Peri; … - 2026

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Political rupture and the origins of secularization : evidence from the French revolution

Arezki, Rabah; Dao Van Le - 2026

Can a political rupture permanently alter a society's religious trajectory? We exploit variation in the intensity of French Revolutionary conflict across departments between 1787 and 1793 linking it to Catholic attachment over the following century — including La Croix readership and church...

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Favor, setback, and resilience : French merchants' penetration into the Spanish Atlantic monopoly and the New Spain market : 1620-1640

2026

This article examines the factors that enabled French merchants to enter the Spanish Indies markets during the 1620s, particularly in the period betwen the Peace of Monzón (1627) and the outbreak of the Franco-Spanish War (1635). It highlights how the French nation of Seville received...

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