Report NEP-HIS-2026-02-09

This is the archive for NEP-HIS, a report on new working papers in the area of Business, Economic and Financial History. Bernardo Batiz-Lazo issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Wilson, Kate, 2025, "Beyond enclosure: the role of estate management in transforming the Corbet Estates in North Shropshire, 1740-1840," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 129441, Sep.
• Xue, Melanie, 2025, "Crowd-sourced Chinese genealogies as a tool for historical demography," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 129939, Oct.
• Irigoin, Alejandra, 2025, "Managing exchange risk foreign monies and private trade finance in pre-modern long-distance trade (or why did bills of exchange not circulate beyond Europe?)," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 128607, Apr.
• Leonardo Bursztyn & Ewan Rawcliffe & Hans-Joachim Voth, 2026, "Never Enough: Dynamic Status Incentives in Organizations," Working Papers, Becker Friedman Institute for Research In Economics, number 2026-18.
• Basco, Sergi & Roses, Joan R., 2025, "Pandemics, capital allocation and structural change," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 128853, May.
• Colvin, Christopher L. & Dorman, Andrew & Jordan, David & Needham, Duncan, 2026, "Applied economic history as practical historicism: Encouraging policymakers to reason with the past," QUCEH Working Paper Series, Queen's University Belfast, Queen's University Centre for Economic History, number 26-02.
• Lasse Aaskoven & Christian Vedel, 2026, "Physical Memories of the Past and Support for the Far-Right: Evidence from Inter-War Denmark," Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES), number 0295, Jan.
• Schneider, Eric B. & Davenport, Romola, 2025, "What is the case fatality rate of smallpox?," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 128854, May.
• Yueran Ma & Mengdi Zhang & Kaspar Zimmermann, 2026, "Business Concentration around the World: 1900-2020," Working Papers, Becker Friedman Institute for Research In Economics, number 2026-13.
• Marion Tosolini & Yamina Tadjeddine & Caroline Vincensini, 2026, "Devenir un émetteur sûr sans être un État souverain : le cas de l'émission d'obligations par la Communauté européenne du charbon et de l'acier (1954-1980)," Working Papers of BETA, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg, number 2026-02.
• Milagros Onofri & Inés Berniell & Raquel Fernández & Azul Menduiña, 2026, "Understanding Latin America’s Fertility Decline: Age, Education, and Cohort Dynamics," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 34749, Jan.
• Gyun Cheol Gu, 2026, "Denial, Rationalization, and the Administered Price Thesis," Working Papers, Post Keynesian Economics Society (PKES), number PKWP2603, Feb.
• Learmouth, Tom, 2025, "Upgrading traditional industries in interwar Japan: from cotton tabi to Bridgestone tyres," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 130283, Nov.
• KANO, Kazuko & KANO, Takashi, 2026, "Lost In Monetary Translation : Monetary Singleness and Relative Price Distortions," Discussion paper series, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University, number HIAS-E-155, Jan.
• de Bromhead, Alan & Lyons, Ronan C. & Ohler, Johann, 2025, "Build better health: evidence from Ireland on housing quality and mortality," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 129885, Oct.
• Precetti, Josephine, 2025, "Quantifying connectivity: the causal effect of railway accessibility on local industrial economic outcomes, France 1846-1865," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 129951, Oct.
• Xiaodong Zhu, 2026, "Between the Invisible Hand and the Grabbing Hand: The Ebb and Flow of China's Growth," Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics, number tecipa-818, Jan.
• Pablo Álvarez-Aragón & Jean-Marie Baland & Catherine Guirkinger & Paola Villar, 2026, "The Legacy of the Catholic Missionary Sisters: Effects on Women's Human Capital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo," DeFiPP Working Papers, University of Namur, Development Finance and Public Policies, number 2601, Feb.
• Efraim Benmelech & Joao Monteiro, 2026, "War and Democratic Backsliding," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 34734, Jan.
• Costas Lapavitsas, 2026, "The Dollar and the F-35: Balance-Sheet Imperialism," Working Papers, Department of Economics, SOAS University of London, UK, number 272, Jan.
• Schertz, Lyle P., , "The 40-Year War of the 20th Century," New England Agricultural Economics Council - Conference Proceedings, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, number 261960, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.261960.
• Clark, Gregory & Cummins, Neil, 2025, "How long do wealth shocks persist? Less than three generations in England, 1700-2025," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 129982, Oct.
• Jakob Molinder & Martin Önnerfors, 2026, "The Early Evolution of Segregation and Neighborhood Disadvantage: Evidence from Stockholm During Industrialization, 1878–1950," Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES), number 0294, Jan.
• Bakker, Gerben, 2025, "The terminal revolution: Reuters and Bloomberg as global providers of financial and economic news, 1960-2020," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 129938, Sep.
• Schneider, Eric B., 2025, "Born in smog: the short- and long-run health consequences of acute air pollution exposure in historical London, 1892-1919," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 128850, Jun.
• Attila Ulrich, 2026, "„Vinum regnum, rex vinorum” Royal and Cameral Vineyard Possession in the Tokaj Estate in the 18th Century (Reforms, Viticulture, Wine Treatment, and Their Implications)," Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES), number 0293, Jan.
• Richard Disney & Tom Kirchmaier & Stephen Machin & Carmen Villa, 2026, "Gangs of London and public housing," CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE, number dp2147, Jan.
• Volckart, Oliver, 2025, "The Holy Roman Empire at bay: financing the defence against the Ottomans, c.1560-1610," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 129940, Oct.
• Potter, Scarlett, 2025, "How conspicuous is fashion? A quantitative analysis of luxury discourse in Vogue and income inequality, 1910-2000," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 129442, Sep.
• Vasiliki Fouka & Theo Serlin, 2026, "Migration and the Making of the English Middle Class," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 34721, Jan.
• Griesshaber, Niclas & Streb, Jochen, 2026, "Multimodal LLMs for historical dataset construction from archival image scans: German patents (1877-1918)," SAFE Working Paper Series, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE, number 466, DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.6121306.
• Ayse Akinci Ambaroglu, 2025, "Reasons for Female Child Sacrifice: A Historical, Mythological, and Religious Investigation," RAIS Conference Proceedings 2022-2025, Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, number 0574, Aug.
• Silviu R. Cornea, 2025, "Hope and Justice: How the Christian Concept of Hope Influences Contemporary Perspectives on Human Rights and Other Social Concerns," RAIS Conference Proceedings 2022-2025, Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, number 0577, Aug.
• Alwis, Don Sanjeewa, 2026, "Selective Inclusion and Colonial Institutions: Rethinking the Settler–Extractive Distinction in Long-Run Development⋆," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number 3c4za_v1, Jan, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/3c4za_v1.
• Chilosi, David & Lecce, Giampaolo & Wallis, Patrick, 2025, "Smithian growth in Britain before the Industrial Revolution, 1500-1800," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 128849, Jul.
• Tate, Anya, 2025, "The impact of novelty examination on the regional distribution of patenting activity in early 20th century Britain," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 129440, Aug.
• Marzian, Johannes & Trebesch, Christoph, 2026, "Guns and butter: The fiscal consequences of rearmament and war," Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, number 2310, revised 2026.
• de Bromhead, Alan & Lyons, Ronan C. & Ohler, Johann, 2025, "Build better health: evidence from Ireland on housing quality and mortality," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 129884, Oct.
• Eric Hilt, 2026, "Financial Crises: History, Theory and New Insights," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 34719, Jan.
• Dario Pellegrino, 2026, "Il protezionismo negli anni '30 del Novecento: breve storia di un "Trade Policy Disaster"," Quaderni di storia economica (Economic History Working Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 57, Jan.
• MacLachlan, Anne J, 2026, "Berkeley Women Elected to the National Academy of Arts and Sciences," University of California at Berkeley, Center for Studies in Higher Education, Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley, number qt7rk1r1fx, Feb.
• Goodhart, C. A. E. & Postel-Vinay, Natacha, 2025, "The case for tiered liability: evidence from the City of Glasgow Bank failure," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 130243, Nov.
• Walker, Paul, , "An Outline of the History of Game Theory," Department of Economics Discussion Papers, University of Canterbury - New Zealand, number 263767, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.263767.
• Paker, Meredith & Stephenson, Judy & Wallis, Patrick, 2025, "Predictive modeling the past," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 128852, Jun.
• Masahito AMBASHI & Fusanori IWASAKI, 2026, "MITI’s (METI’s) International Industrial Policy toward ASEAN: Developments from the 1980s to the 2000s (Japanese)," Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), number 26001, Jan.