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Declining female participation: Mechanisms at play in the Viennese private annuity market, c. 1360–1450

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract During the high and late Middle Ages, the European economy witnessed the emergence and substantial growth of capital markets, a phenomenon connected to urbanization and pestilence, both of which brought profound changes to the social, legal, and economic positions of women.
Anna Molnár
wiley   +1 more source

Situational motionless camouflage of a loliginid squid. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep
Nakajima R   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The many prices of war and occupation: Black markets and the cost‐of‐living index in France, 1938–1949

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract When studying French prices between 1938 and 1949, economists and historians face a paradox: whilst a vast black market shaped daily life, official indices recorded only state‐controlled prices. This article addresses the issue by introducing a new consumer price index that incorporates both official and black market prices.
Patrice Baubeau, Matéo Teixeira
wiley   +1 more source

Inherent instability leads to high costs of hovering in near-neutrally buoyant fishes. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Di Santo V   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The bread of Toledo: Prices and political economy, 1535–1800

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We study the market for common white bread in the city of Toledo through a new 266‐year‐long series of bread prices, obtained from the cash purchases and wholesale bread‐for‐wheat contracts of large institutions. Our data are strongly consistent with fragmentary evidence on retail price regulation, as well as with shorter series from other ...
Mauricio Drelichman   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dominant. [PDF]

open access: yesFam Med
De Faria Sousa B.
europepmc   +1 more source

Swimming in the Air: The Power of Drag at Miniature Scales. [PDF]

open access: yesIntegr Comp Biol
Sidebottom M, Margetts L, Nabawy MRA.
europepmc   +1 more source

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