We examine episodes in which there is a large shift in a country’s net foreign asset position due to the re-valuation of its foreign assets and/or liabilities. We highlight the differences in large valuation episodes between countries characterized by large gross stocks of foreign assets and...

Is inequality largely the result of the Industrial Revolution? Or, were pre-industrial incomes and life expectancies as unequal as they are today? For want of sufficient data, these questions have not yet been answered. This paper infers inequality for 14 ancient, pre-industrial societies using...

Asian development in the 1970's is likely to take place under conditions quite different from those typical of the past two decades. These changing conditions will have an important influence on the research focus relating to growth and development. This paper ex- amines two such changes. First,...