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Building a Potemkin village in occupied China: Japan's wartime system of linked trade, 1939–43

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The paper discusses the novel but little‐known exchange rate system of Japanese‐occupied North China during the Second Sino‐Japanese War, in which exporters were given the right to import in the form of a piece of yellow paper, which could be sold in the secondary market.
Shinji Takagi
wiley   +1 more source

Private money and money market integration: The role of payments infrastructure in nineteenth‐century Switzerland

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Using newly collected discount rate data for six Swiss cities from 1846 to 1893, we find no evidence of increasing integration during a 30‐year period of lightly regulated free banking. We attribute this to two structural issues: banks had incentives to ward off competitors by protecting their local monopolies or forming cartels, and there was
Daniel Kaufmann, Rebecca Stuart
wiley   +1 more source

Can Coercive Vertical Consolidation Improve the Financial Condition of Local Authorities?

open access: yesFinancial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vertical consolidation of small local authorities providing neighborhood services and large authorities providing strategic services into unitary authorities is assumed to improve financial condition by creating new economies of scale and scope.
Rhys Andrews, Dennis De Widt
wiley   +1 more source

The parent effect: Unpacking beliefs and behaviors in adolescent success in Sweden and Türkiye

open access: yesFamily Relations, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective This study examined the direct and indirect associations between parental factors and adolescents’ academic success in Türkiye and Sweden. Background Parental beliefs, expectations, and involvement are key contributors to adolescents’ academic development.
E. Nihal Lindberg
wiley   +1 more source

Does the US Cross‐Listing of a Non‐US Stock Influence the Impact of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Stock Liquidity?

open access: yesFinancial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine how US cross‑listing shapes the sensitivity of non‑US firms’ home‑market liquidity to economic policy uncertainty (EPU). Using a matched global panel of 1894 American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and comparable non‐cross‑listed firms from 20 countries between 1997 and 2024, we separately identify the effects of home‑country EPU and US
Fnu Pratima, Sanjiv Sabherwal
wiley   +1 more source

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