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The bread of Toledo: Prices and political economy, 1535–1800
The 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
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Ascetics, slaves, and necessity in Late Antiquity: renouncing all wealth, but for a single slave
Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.Slave owners in Late Antiquity viewed the possession of at least one slave to be a necessity and a defining mark that distinguished the dignified social classes from the poor. Ascetics who shared this perspective faced a choice when renouncing all worldly possessions in pursuit of spiritual perfection, one not merely about luxury, but also about status
E.T. Dailey, Justin Pigott
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Accountability That Keeps on Giving: Open Issues in the Delivery of Public Services
Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Reviewing and discussing current “hot” issues in the public accountability of public services from the different perspectives of central and local government, healthcare, universities, and third‐sector organizations, this piece aims at open a debate on how to improve both research and practice in these realms.
Richard Baylis +9 more
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Financial Information Engendering Trust in Social Partnership
Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Financial tools and information have been utilized in the implementation of government plans, strategies, and policies, including collective bargaining between unions, government, and employers. While a small number of studies have examined the use of financial information in collective bargaining at the firm level, little is known about its ...
Peter Cleary +4 more
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Journal of Regional Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In response to the COVID‐19 crisis, the European Union introduced NextGenerationEU, its largest stimulus package to date. We focus on Italy, the program's largest beneficiary, and analyse the territorial distribution of funds. Although centrally coordinated, most expenditures were awarded through calls and implemented by local governments ...
Francesco Scotti +2 more
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Motor Sequence Learning Under Sleep Deprivation
Journal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sleep deprivation (SD) compromises declarative memory encoding and subsequent consolidation, yet its consequences for the acquisition of new motor skill learning remain unknown. Forty‐eight healthy adults underwent either one night of total SD or normal sleep and were tested the next morning using a multimodal approach combining psychomotor ...
Guillaume Digonet +8 more
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Claiming the Isle? Islandness and Territorial Demands
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores the relationship between insularity and territorial demands, focusing on whether island territories are more likely to support regionalist and secessionist parties. To address this question, we compare electoral support for such parties across island and mainland territories using a large‐N dataset.
Pau Torres, Marc Sanjaume‐Calvet
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, 2007 Sources: Ahmad, Aziz. 1975. A History of Islamic Sicily. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Tomasi, Gioacchino Lanza and Zalapi, Angheli. 1998. Palaces of Sicily. New York: Rizzoli, 32-34. Tronzo, William. 1997. The Cultures of His Kingdom, Roger II
Roger II, King of Sicily
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The Heterogeneous Regional Employment Effects of Environmental Policies
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of Environmental Policies—measured by the OECD Environmental Policy Stringency Index (EPS)—on employment in 349 regions across 26 countries from 1990 to 2020. We find that more stringent EPS have short‐term negative effects on regional employment, which disappear in the medium term.
Luca Bettarelli +4 more
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Proceedings of the Medical Society of the County of Kings
, 1879 Archived web contentConducted by the Council of the ...
Medical Society of the County of Kings
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