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'It Isn't Charity because We've Paid into it': Social Citizenship and the Moral Economy of Welfare Recipients in the Wake of 2012 UK Welfare Reform Act. [PDF]
Qual Sociol, 2022 Thiel D.
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The 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
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Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on single-person households in South Korea. [PDF]
J Asian Econ, 2023 Jung H, Kim JH, Hong G.
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The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract In recent years economic inequality has become a major research topic in economic history. However, much remains to be done to complete our knowledge of long‐term distributive dynamics. This article highlights several promising avenues for future research, focusing on the preindustrial period.
Guido Alfani
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Dynastic cores and the borrowed time of newcomers. Wealth accumulation and the Norwegian one percent. [PDF]
Br J Sociol, 2022 Toft M, Hansen MN.
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Rich Dad Poor Dad? CEO Private School Background and Firm Risk
European Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine the effect of CEO childhood socioeconomic status (SES) on firm risk. Using hand‐collected data on US CEOs' private high‐school attendance as proxy for high‐SES, we find that firms led by high‐SES CEOs exhibit 5.35% lower firm risk. This effect diminishes with CEO tenure, analyst coverage, and institutional ownership, consistent with
Yifei Bi, Christos Mavrovitis, Chen Yang
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A Theory of the Boundaries of Banks With Implications for Financial Integration and Regulation
Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We offer a theory of the “boundary of the firm” that is tailored to banks, recognizing the relevance of deposit financing and interbank lending as a substitute for integration. It is based on a single inefficiency that has been at the core of banking theory: risk‐shifting incentives in the interest of bank shareholders.
Falko Fecht +2 more
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Is the selfish life-cycle model more applicable in Japan and, if so, why? A literature survey. [PDF]
Rev Econ Househ, 2021 Horioka CY.
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The Decline of the Swedish Inheritance and Gift Tax, 1991–2004
, 2017 During the period 1991–2004, political support for the inheritance and gift taxation in Sweden diminished, which contributed to two major policy shifts. In 1991, a new tax schedule which reduced top rates was introduced. The tax was thereafter completely repealed in 2004.
Eriksson, Martin, Gunnarsson, Åsa
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“THE NORMAL EXCEPTION”: “MICROANALYSIS AND SOCIAL HISTORY” (1977)*
History and Theory, EarlyView.ABSTRACT “The normal exception” has long been a slogan of microhistory. This oxymoronic phrase is the iconic rendering of an incidental sentence that appeared in a 1977 article published by Edoardo Grendi in the Italian journal Quaderni storici, which functioned as the incubator of Italian microhistory.
EDOARDO GRENDI
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