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The disappearance of malaria from Denmark, 1862–1900

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The reason for malaria's disappearance from northwestern Europe in the early twentieth century has long been discussed but remains an unresolved conundrum. This is partially due to a previous focus on the early modern era, and partially because various theories have never been tested against each other.
Mathias Mølbak Ingholt   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Religious politics and the limits of redistribution: The rise and fall of family allowances in Spain, 1926–58

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract After the Second World War, family allowances became a cornerstone of social spending in western Europe. Whilst religion is often highlighted as a driver of this policy, the role of political Catholicism remains contested, particularly in southern Europe.
Guillem Verd‐Llabrés
wiley   +1 more source

Spanish stock returns, growth, and inflation, 1900–2020

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper studies equity returns in the Madrid Stock Exchange and their connections with the macroeconomy from the emergence of a stock market around 1900 to its ‘big bang’ at the turn of the twenty‐first century. Using high‐quality data from primary sources and the methodology of the modern IBEX35 (published since 1987), we constructed an ...
Stefano Battilossi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Taiwan High-Speed Railway Project.

open access: yesThe Journal of The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, 2001
openaire   +2 more sources

Media Sentiment and Price Run‐Ups

open access: yesEuropean Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We empirically test competing hypotheses about the role of financial media sentiment in price run‐ups. Our global analysis of unusual price increases in stock market segments provides no evidence for long‐term market overreactions fuelled by media reporting.
Heiko Jacobs, Alexander Lauber
wiley   +1 more source

The Politics of Infrastructural Reversibility: No‐Regret Futures at the London Euston High‐Speed Railway Station

open access: yesThe Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Large infrastructure projects are difficult for publics to challenge, scrutinise, or engage with. A well‐researched barrier to public engagement is the technical complexity of large projects, whether it be materially present, or discursively constructed by professional experts.
Anna Plyushteva
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping High‐TDS Groundwater Near Impoundments Using Ground and Waterborne Towed Electromagnetics

open access: yesGroundwater, EarlyView.
Abstract Long‐term monitoring at landfills and impoundments containing coal combustion products (CCPs) or other industrial wastes is essential for detecting possible leachate releases to groundwater and mapping contamination plumes. This study evaluates a novel, non‐invasive geophysical approach—towed time‐domain electromagnetic (TEM) surveys—for non ...
Piyoosh Jaysaval   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

State Integration and Violence at the Margins: The Logic of Police Raids in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates police raids in Rio de Janeiro's favelas through a property rights framework, exploring their organisational structure, motivations and implications. Using data from police reports, academic studies, NGOs and news sources, it examines why and how the state intervenes in these contested spaces.
Joseph Bouchard
wiley   +1 more source

Discovering the Familiar: Exploring Everyday Practice in the Design of Tools and Artefacts

open access: yesInternational Journal of Art &Design Education, EarlyView.
Abstract The design of everyday objects and artefacts, tools and technologies can prove particularly challenging for design. Their very pervasiveness, ease of application and seeming simplicity can mask the complex array of human practice, knowledge and skills that enables their use posing serious implications for critical design research and practice.
Christian Heath, Jason Cleverly
wiley   +1 more source

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