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How did Japan catch‐up with the West? Some implications of recent revisions to Japan's historical growth record

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Revised GDP data suggest that Japan was more than one‐third richer in 1874 than suggested by Maddison, and that Meiji period growth built on earlier development. Despite trend GDP per capita growth during the Tokugawa Shogunate, the catching‐up process only started after 1890 with respect to Britain, and after World War I with respect to the ...
Stephen Broadberry, Kyoji Fukao, Tokihiko Settsu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How FDI reshapes host markets’ trade profile and politics

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract A fast‐growing literature indicates that firms’ engagement in foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade is key to understanding deepening global value chains and their political implications. However, existing studies have mainly focused on the ramifications for FDI home countries while often overlooking the firm‐product level interactions ...
In Song Kim, Steven Liao, Sayumi Miyano
wiley   +1 more source

The cost of the consumer revolution: Prices, material living standards, and real inequality in Amsterdam (1630‒1805)

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article measures the cost of the early modern consumer revolution through a quantitative analysis of product and process innovations in Amsterdam and examines their variegated social impact in two distinct datasets of probate inventories.
Bas Spliet, Anne E. C. McCants
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic materials and state capacity in Renaissance Italy. The economic policies of ‘Roman saltpetre’ procurement

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Demonstrating the existence of a soaring demand for strategic materials in fifteenth‐century Rome, the article pioneers research in the late medieval trade in saltpetre, the irreplaceable, rare component of gunpowder, indispensable for waging war following the diffusion of artillery technology.
Fabrizio Antonio Ansani
wiley   +1 more source

70 years of Scottish National Accounts: 1948–2018

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper provides a comprehensive time series of historical National Accounts for Scotland (onshore and offshore) from 1948 to 2018. It includes a detailed breakdown by income component and industrial sector using methods that are forward and backward compatible.
Graeme Roy, Niall G. MacKenzie, Sandy Stewart   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

ESG, Bank Debt and Firm Value: A Signaling Perspective

Journal of International Financial Management &Accounting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper delves into the influence of bank debt in shaping the relationship between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and a firm's value. As a result of the superior informational and monitoring functions of bank borrowers in their lending relationships, we argue that a firm's degree of bank debt might signal the ...
Gabriel De la Fuente, Pilar Velasco
wiley   +1 more source

When Great Powers Struggle: How Geopolitical Alignments of Small States Are Influenced by Their MNEs

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Comparing two distinct deglobalization periods, this study shows how Finnish multinational enterprises (MNEs) used corporate diplomatic activities (CDA) to influence Finland's alignment with a struggling great power. Drawing from hegemonic stability theory and new institutional economics, we argue that the power's collapsing global networks ...
Saara Matala, Christian Stutz
wiley   +1 more source

Privremena mjera zaustavljanja broda radi osiguranja potraživanja iz ugovora o gradnji broda : [prikaz presude]

Uporedno pomorsko pravo, 1992
Sama činjenica da je na brod upisana hipoteka u korist jednog od vjerovnika ne sprječava sud da dopusti privremenu mjeru zaustavljanja istog broda na prijedlog drugog vjerovnika.
Zoran Tasić
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A Novel Concept for Steel Building Cost Estimation in Shipbuilding Using Process and Product Similarities

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Accurate cost estimates are essential for staying in business in a competitive shipbuilding industry. With new technologies and the energy transition creating an ever-changing landscape, traditional cost estimation methods based on product specifications
Gerrit Alblas, Jeroen Pruyn
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Privremena mjera zabrane otuđenja ili drugog raspolaganja brodom u gradnji : [prikaz presude]

Uporedno pomorsko pravo, 1996
Ako protivnik osiguranja - brodograditelj, prema ugovoru o gradnji broda nije ovlašten raspolagati brodom, šteta koju on trpi zbog određivanja privremene mjere zabrane otuđenaj ili drugog raspolaganja brodom u gradnji je neznatna.
Viktorija Lovrić
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