van den Heuvel, Danielle; Ogilvie, Sheilagh - In: Explorations in Economic History 50 (2013) 1, pp. 69-87
The Netherlands pioneered an early modern ‘Retail Revolution’, facilitating the Consumer Revolution. We analyze 959 Dutch retail ratios using multivariate regressions. Retail density rose with female headship everywhere. Density was high in Holland, but moderate in intermediate provinces and...