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The slow emergence of the rational investor: Grain markets and grain storage of rural estates in western Germany, eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We develop new datasets of monthly grain prices in 14 urban markets and of the storage and marketing of grain by 5 rural estates located in western Germany between the late seventeenth century and c. 1860. We explore whether observed patterns of monthly prices, sales, and storage of grain are consistent with the rational competitive storage ...
Matthias Hartermann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Speculation in the United Kingdom, 1785‒2019

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Speculation has long been thought to have significant economic effects, but it is difficult to measure, making it challenging to examine these effects empirically. In this paper we measure speculation in the United Kingdom since 1785 by using business and financial reporting in The Times newspaper.
William Quinn   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Translanguaging decoloniality in a divided island as post‐colonial pedagogic praxis: Cyprus and cultural subversions

open access: yesThe Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
Short Abstract Translanguaging spaces can enable students to have conversations about peace and reconciliation. Such translanguaging opportunities can also contribute holistically to their pedagogic development through the use of full linguistic repertoires.
Anastasia Christou   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thriving or sinking? The emplacement process of Ukrainian refugees in depopulating, peripheral areas in the Netherlands

open access: yesThe Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
Short Abstract The ‘free‐to‐work, free‐to‐settle’ feature of the EU's temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees has led millions to various locations, with the majority gravitating towards urban areas. However, due to housing shortages, a significant number have moved to peripheral municipalities experiencing depopulation.
Jofelle Tesorio
wiley   +1 more source

Translating sanctuary: Politics of solidarity in a bilingual and plurinational context

open access: yesThe Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
Short Abstract The paper examines the significance of translating sanctuary in an officially bilingual (and multilingual in practice) national polity. By examining the different meanings of the translation of 'sanctuary' into ‘lloches’ and ‘noddfa’ in Welsh, we outline the different openings for more nuanced understandings of ‘host’/‘guest’ relations ...
Catrin Wyn Edwards, Rhys Dafydd Jones
wiley   +1 more source

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