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The origins of liberal democracy and the economic legacy of the Mongol empire

Auriat, Scott - In: The Journal of European Economic History (JEEH) 52 (2023) 3, pp. 161-232

I explore the fact that the Mongol Empire invaded most of Eurasia but left Western Europe untouched. I hypothesize that differences in exposure to the Mongols resulted in divergent institutional paths. Where the Mongols invaded, they set up highly centralized autocratic institutions. Meanwhile,...

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The development of Tunisian transport infrastructures under the French protectorate: The foundations of economic dependence (1881-1914)

Caligiuri, Vittorio - In: The Journal of European Economic History (JEEH) 52 (2023) 3, pp. 115-158

Protectorate has been little studied. The history of the Tunisian railways and ports is profoundly influenced by developments in … model of development designed by the "colonial pact" as well as by the strategic design of France in the context of the … century. The history of the infrastructure development, moreover, allows us to identify the importance of the debt question in …

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The price of media capture and the looting of newspapers in interwar France

Bignon, Vincent; Flandreau, Marc - 2012

. Empirical data is consistent with increasing levels of looting in France during the 1930s. We provide a comparison with Britain …

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France and the Failure to Modernize Macroeconomic Institutions

White, Eugene - 1999

While a great power in the eighteenth century, France fell behind Britain's lead in modernizing her macroeconomic … created by medieval and early modern France. The difficulty experienced by the government in mobilizing resources to fight … wars was a key factor contributing to the loss of France's overseas empire in the eighteenth century. …

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Grain market integration in the Lower Danube region: From the Moldo-Wallachian hinterland to European entrepôts (1857-1866)

Constantin, Cristian - In: The Journal of European Economic History (JEEH) 52 (2023) 3, pp. 61-114

Between 1829 and 1853, the Lower Danube region became one of the strategic grain supply points for the Mediterranean entrepôts and a source for supplementing Britain's food requirements. The Crimean War ended in 1856 with Russia's removal from the Mouths of the Danube. In this context, in...

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The rivalry of the great powers for Albanian hydrocarbons, 1920-1926

Hasani, Mentor; Rizaj, Gazmend S. - In: The Journal of European Economic History (JEEH) 52 (2023) 1, pp. 103-135

The paper aims to analyze the economic interests of some of the Balkan countries and Great Powers in Albania's resources above and below ground with a focus on hydrocarbons. It covers the pe- riod 1920-1926, specifically after the end of World War I when some of the Balkan states and Great...

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National and international private bankers and the building of the Italian credit and financial system during Italian unification

Romani, Marina; Maffi, Luciano - In: The Journal of European Economic History (JEEH) 52 (2023) 1, pp. 67-102

The Italian credit and financial system was the result of progressive developments that accelerated during the process of Italian unification. Our essay analyses the role of local private bankers in modernizing the economic and financial system of the country and the way in which the gradual...

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East-West financial entanglements, the Volcker's shock, and the end of the Cold War

Farese, Giovanni - In: The Journal of European Economic History (JEEH) 52 (2023) 1, pp. 219-224

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Supporting the economic development: The European Investment Bank from the Fifties to the Green Deal

Casu, Serena - In: The Journal of European Economic History (JEEH) 51 (2022) 3, pp. 209-223

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Messianic expectations and paper-based networks: The role of the merchant

McKeon, Michael - In: The Journal of European Economic History (JEEH) 52 (2023) 2, pp. 151-170

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