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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

Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
wiley   +1 more source

THWARTING THE "MERCHANTS OF DEATH" ACCUSATION: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MILITARY PROCUREMENT IN INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACIES DURING THE INTERWAR PERIOD

open access: yesEssays in Economic and Business History, 2010
This article charts the interwar military procurement practices of several democratic states, concentrating on the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Finland.
Jari Eloranta, Mark Wilson
doaj   +2 more sources

The system of legislative acts on cultural institutions of Romania after the Great Unification. Museum aspects

open access: yesTyragetia, 2020
The article discusses the formation of the structure of institutions and the regulatory framework of the Romanian museum system in the interwar period on the specific example of Bessarabian museums as its component, which is reflected in the legislative ...
Elena Ploşniţa
doaj  

Comparison of Interwar and Postwar Business Cycles: Monetarism Reconsidered [PDF]

open access: yes
When monthly data on production, prices, and the money stock are interpreted, via a vector autoregression, as generated by dynamic responses to "surprises" in each of the variables, a remarkable similarity in dynamics between interwar and postwar ...
Christopher A. Sims
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[Review of the book \u3ci\u3eInterwar Unemployment in International Perspective\u3c/i\u3e] [PDF]

open access: yes, 1990
[Excerpt] The book redresses two imbalances in the recent literature on interwar unemployment: its almost exclusive focus on the United States and Britain, and its predominantly macroeconomic nature.
Boyer, George R
core   +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

Banking Performance in South-Eastern Europe During the Interwar Period [PDF]

open access: yes
In the framework of the broader political and economic development of the individual states on Balkan Peninsula the author has made the comparison between the performance of the banking sector in Yugoslavia, Romania, Greece and Bulgaria. The analysis was
Zarko Lazarevic
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