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Does regulatory convergence shape banking resilience in Africa? [PDF]

Heliyon
Haile MA, M K J, Mulugeta W.
europepmc   +1 more source

UK fiscal policy and external balance under Bretton Woods: Twin deficits or distant relatives?

The Economic History Review, Volume 78, Issue 2, Page 583-612, May 2025.
Abstract The United Kingdom (UK) is typically regarded as the sine qua non case of an economy experiencing chronic external imbalances under the post‐war Bretton Woods system, apparently unable to reconcile the divergent objectives of robust economic growth and current account equilibrium.
Joshua J. Banerjee
wiley   +1 more source

Government Health Expenditure and Maternal Mortality: The Moderating Role of External Debt. [PDF]

Healthcare (Basel)
Dinga GD, Mah G, Mosikari T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Irish GDP since independence

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper constructs annual gross domestic product (GDP) estimates for Ireland (1924–47) to join the first complete official aggregates. The new series is deployed to revisit Ireland's economic performance in the post‐independence decades. Ireland's economy grew at just under 1.5 per cent per annum and average living standards improved by 40 ...
Seán Kenny
wiley   +1 more source

The long-term and short-term effects of interest rate volatility on corporate bankruptcy risk: An industry and supply chain perspective. [PDF]

PLoS One
Chen L, Zhang K, Yang X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Financial crisis of 1931? British banking stability and the role of open‐market operations

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract To what extent was the summer of 1931 a financial crisis in Britain? Previous research has shown how London merchant banks were affected, but it remains unclear to what extent the largest commercial banks of London – the clearing banks – were under threat.
Matthias Römer
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the asymmetric interrelationships between sovereign bond yields and selected potential determinants: The case of frontier WAMZ economies. [PDF]

Heliyon
Adom-Dankwa A, Atsu F, Gyamfi EN, Amewu G.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Living standards and forced labour: A comparative study of colonial Africa, 1918–74

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite significant advances in the quantitative study of African history, the Portuguese colonial empire remains an underexplored topic. This paper provides the first quantitative assessment of worker living standards in Angola and Mozambique, contextualized within a broader comparison of colonial African empires.
Leo Dolan
wiley   +1 more source

How feasible is it to mobilize $31 billion a year for pandemic preparedness and response? An economic growth modelling analysis. [PDF]

Global Health
Shahid M, Schäferhoff M, Brown G, Yamey G.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The War of the Pacific and Chilean public revenues: Reallocation of the tax burden and institutional change

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract A substantial body of literature has considered warfare a fundamental driver of fiscal capacity. We argue that the nature of the tax base available to governments can either foster or constrain the ability and incentives of central elites to impose their legitimacy once the war is over.
Oriol Sabaté, José Peres‐Cajías
wiley   +1 more source