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First Cabin Fares from New York to the British Isles, 1826-1914

Dupont, Brandon - 2016

We present a continuous time series on first cabin passenger fares for ocean travel from New York to the British Isles covering nearly a century of time. We discuss the conceptual and empirical difficulties of constructing such a time series, and examine the reasons for differences between the...

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Preserving the Ocean Circulation : Implications for Climate Policy

Keller, Klaus - 2000

Climate modelers have recognized the possibility of abrupt climate changes caused by a reorganization of the North Atlantic's current pattern (technically known as a thermohaline circulation collapse). This circulation system now warms north-western Europe and transports carbon dioxide to the...

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Legal Regime and Business's Organizational Choice : A Comparison of France and the United States

Lamoreaux, Naomi R. - 2004

freer nor more flexible than that in France during this critical period. Not only did U.S. law offer enterprises a more … France to improve the menu of choices. To the contrary, it was not until the late twentieth century that U.S. business …

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Productivity Growth and Levels in France, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States in the Twentieth Century

Cette, Gilbert - 2009

higher in France than in the United States, and noticeably lower in the United Kingdom (by roughly 10%) and even lower in … Japan (30%), while TFP levels are very close in France, the United Kingdom and the United States, but much lower (40%) in … to France and Japan, a relative decline that was interrupted by the second world war (WW2); (iii) the remarkable catching …

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French Wine and the U.S. Boycott of 2003 : Does Politics Really Affect Commerce?

Ashenfelter, Orley - 2007

In early 2003, France actively tried to thwart the plans of the Bush administration to build international support for …

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Contractual Tradeoffs and SMEs Choice of Organizational Form, A View from U.S. and French History, 1830-2000

Lamoreaux, Naomi R. - 2006

Today the vast majority of multi-owner firms in the United States are corporations, but that was not the case in the past. Before the advent of the income tax, tort litigation, and significant federal regulation, entrepreneurs more often than not chose to organize as partnerships, a form that...

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How Progressive is the U.S. Federal Tax System? A Historical and International Perspective

Piketty, Thomas - 2006

United Kingdom is similar to the US pattern. France had less progressive taxes than the US or UK in 1970 but has experienced …

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Firm Level Investment and R&D in France and the United States : A Comparison

Mulkay, Benoit - 2000

incorporates both output (sales or turnover) and cash flow as predictors for investment. Our focus is on two comparisons: France …

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Firm-Level Investment in France and the United States : An Exploration of What We Have Learned in Twenty Years

Mairesse, Jacques - 1999

Our two related goals in this paper are the following: Firstly and mainly, we want to examine the effects of major changes in modelling strategy and econometric methodology, over the past twenty years, on estimation of firm-level investment equations using panel data. Secondly, we try to assess...

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Minimum Wages and Employment in France and the United States

Abowd, John M. - 1999

We use longitudinal individual wage and employment data in France and the United States to investigate the effect of …

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