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Wealth inequality and epidemics in the Republic of Venice (1400–1800)

The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 811-849, May 2026.
Abstract This article analyses wealth inequality in the Republic of Venice during 1400–1800. The availability of a large database of homogeneous inequality measurements allows us to produce the most in‐depth study of the factors affecting inequality at the local level available thus far for any preindustrial society.
Guido Alfani, Matteo Di Tullio, Mattia Fochesato   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

May I pick your brain? Local minds as living cadastres in a Portuguese eleventh‐century lawsuit

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 231-253, May 2026.
In the context of a dispute with the monastery of Lorvão, in the late eleventh century, the monks of Vacariça, near Coimbra (modern Portugal), carried out a field enquiry in the village of Recardães. This was part of a failed attempt to repossess a number of land plots that they claimed were theirs, but had lost control of.
Julio Escalona
wiley   +1 more source

How Does State Fragility Drive Environmental Degradation? A Multidimensional Analysis of Governance and Socio‐Economic Vulnerabilities

Kyklos, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 399-428, May 2026.
ABSTRACT The growing crises in the environmental sector worldwide have increased the call for better comprehension of the linkage among governance, socio‐economic stability, and environmental degradation. In this respect, state fragility—a term covering governance gaps, political instability, and economic turmoil—has emerged as a vital and rather ...
Cristian Barra, Luca Esposito, Pasquale Marcello Falcone   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Taking What's Ours”: Restrictionist Attitudes Toward Immigration and Threat to Sense of Group Position in the United States

Sociological Inquiry, Volume 96, Issue 2, Page 264-284, May 2026.
Calls to limit immigration are fueled by the belief immigration threatens individual and collective welfare, yet studies on support for restrictionism remain equivocal on this relationship. We explore this relationship and contribute to existing research by measuring group threat as a latent construct based on Blumer's (1958:3) definition of it as an ...
Lynn Hempel, Noel Strapko
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate income tax, IP boxes and the location of R&D. [PDF]

Int Tax Public Financ
Shehaj P, Weichenrieder AJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

Does foreign direct investment affect environmental degradation: Evidence from largest carbon intense countries. [PDF]

PLoS One
Kutlu Furtuna O, Atis S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Developing an agenda for the decolonization of global health. [PDF]

Bull World Health Organ
McCoy D, Kapilashrami A, Kumar R, Rhule E, Khosla R.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Buying FATCA Compliance: Overcoming Holdout Incentives to Prevent International Tax Arbitrage [PDF]

, 2013
Shepsman, Marc D.
core   +1 more source

The Commercial Determinants of Violence: Identifying Opportunities for Violence Prevention through a Public Health-Based Framework Analysis. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health
Bellis MA, McManus S, Hughes K, Adisa O, Ford K.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source