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Does Trade Explain Europe’s Rise? Geography, Market Size and Economic Development

Studer, Roman - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2009

This paper tests whether the so-called ‘reach of the market’ helps to explain ‘why Europe’ and ‘why north …-western Europe’. By looking at grain markets from the late seventeenth to the early twentieth century, this study concludes that the … neither a concomitant nor an effect of the Industrial Revolution, but indeed a plausible determinant for the rise of Europe …

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Social Exclusion and the Future of Cities

Power, Anne T.; Wilson, William J. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2000

regeneration based on rebuilding urban neighbourhoods. The keypoints for the future are: limiting suburban land supply and …

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Exchange Rate Changes and Net Positions of Speculators in the Futures Market

Klitgaard Hertel, Thomas; Weir, Laura - Federal Reserve Bank <New York, NY> - 2004

[...]In this article, we pursue a transaction-oriented line ofresearch to help track short-term exchange rate movements. Byexamining a publicly available data set well known to currencymarket analysts—net positions held by speculators in thefutures market—we are able to document a strong...

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A Prolegomenon to Future Capital Requirements

Estrella, Arturo - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1995

This article does not address specific capital proposalsnor does it suggest specific new requirements. Theframework it provides, however, has implications for possiblefuture refinements in the supervisory approach to capitalrequirements.[...]

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