In 1979, when anthropometric history was still in its infancy, Robert Fogel and collaborators reported that the height of the US male white population began to decline quite unexpectedly around the birth cohorts of 1830. This was quite a conundrum on account of the fact that according to...

Introduces the reader to the importance of studying of the history of human physical stature, and the main findings of the recent decades.

Introduces the reader to the importance of studying of the history of human physical stature, and the main findings of the recent decades.

We explore the efficiency of the forward Reichsmark market in Vienna between 1876 and 1914. We estimate ARIMA models of the spot exchange rate in order to forecast the one-month-ahead spot rate. In turn we compare these forecasts to the contemporaneous forward rate, i.e., the market's forecast...

Introduces the reader to the importance of studying of the history of human physical stature, and the main findings of the recent decades.