Report NEP-HIS-2026-07-27

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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• Broadberry, Stephen & Zhai, Runzuo, 2025, "Innovation and the Great Divergence," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20611, Sep.
• Rodrik, Dani, 2025, "What the Mercantilists Got Right," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20710, Oct.
• Nina Boberg-Fazlic & Maja Uhre Pedersen & Kristin Ranestad & Paul Sharp, 2026, "Can Mass Schooling Open Elite Education? Evidence from Nineteenth-Century Norway," Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES), number 0307, Jul.
• Klein, Alexander & León-Ledesma, Miguel & Crafts, Nicholas, 2025, "A Long-Run Perspective on Unconditional Convergence in Manufacturing: Evidence from U.S. Industrialization," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20488, Jul.
• Lamoreaux, Naomi & Wallis, John, 2025, "General Laws and the Emergence of Durable Political Parties: The Case of Pennsylvania," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20590, Aug.
• Griesshaber, Niclas & Ogilvie, Sheilagh, 2025, "Transplanting Craft Guilds to Colonial Latin America: A Large Language Model Analysis," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20556, Aug.
• Ogilvie, Sheilagh & Schaff, Felix, 2025, "Dividing the Spoils: Inheritance Institutions and Gender Inequality before Industrialization," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20770, Oct.
• Allen, Robert, 2025, "The Third Check: Surplus Extraction, Malthus, and the Origins of Agrarian Civilization," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20765, Oct.
• Greif, Avner & Mokyr, Joel & Tabellini, Guido, 2025, "Culture and Social Organizations in the Great Reversal: Europe and China, 1000-2000," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20514, Aug.
• Voth, Hans-Joachim & Xu, Guo, 2025, "Legacy on Deck: Skill Transmission and Occupational Dynasties in the Royal Navy," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20370, Jun.
• Buonanno, Paolo & Lecce, Giampaolo & Mariella, Vitantonio & Ogliari, Laura, 2025, "From Fields to Factories: Malaria Eradication and Structural Transformation in Post-War Italy," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20394, Jul.
• Pooley, Jefferson, 2026, "Aspirational Mathematics and the Behavioral Sciences: The Columbia Behavioral Models Project, 1952–1957," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number uxpvy_v1, Jun, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/uxpvy_v1.
• De La Croix, David & Scebba, Rossana & Zanardello, Chiara, 2025, "Flora, Cosmos, Salvatio: Pre-modern Academic Institutions and the Spread of Ideas," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20569, Aug.
• Alcalá, Francisco, 2025, "Work Intensity and Welfare Across Countries and Over Time," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20697, Oct.
• Fernández, Raquel, 2025, "Understanding Cultural Change," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20542, Aug.
• Ricardo Robledo & Sergio Riesco Roche, 2026, "The Fiction of the Return of the 2nd Republic (1945-1947): Problems about the Transition's Economy (I)," Documentos de Trabajo (DT-AEHE), Asociación Española de Historia Económica, number 2603, Jul.
• Eva Ivan-Haintz, 2026, "Review of Handbook of Teaching Philosophy to Economists, edited by Giancarlo Ianulardo, John B. Davis and Ricardo F. Crespo, Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2025, 316 pages, ISBN 978-1-03533-681-4," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05501532, DOI: 10.46298/jpe.17624.
• Hup, Mark & de Zwart, Pim, 2025, "International Trade, Commodity Production and the Skill Premium: Evidence from Colonial Indonesia," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20459, Jul.
• Cervellati, Matteo & Meyerheim, Gerrit & Sunde, Uwe, 2025, "Decomposing Comparative Development 1880-2020: A Quantitative Dynamic Analysis," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20704, Oct.
• Kym Anderson, 2026, "Forces Behind South Australia's Unusual Structural Changes Since 1840," Departmental Working Papers, The Australian National University, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, number 2026-02, Jul.
• Gilles Paché, 2026, "Frozen Fronts and Fragile Lines: Finland 1939–1944 Meets Ukraine 2022–2026," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05670392, Jun.
• Pereira, Thales Zamberlan, 2026, "A História Econômica No Brasil," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number y5x3u_v1, Jun, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/y5x3u_v1.
• Kris James Mitchener & Matthew S. Jaremski & Kilian Rieder, 2026, "Banking on a Corporate Rebrand," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 35458, Jul.
• Weigand, Matthias & Mohr, Cathrin & Cantoni, Davide, 2025, "Identity and Institutional Change: Evidence from First Names in Germany, 1700–1850," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20715, Oct.
• Heblich, Stephan & Nagy, Dávid Krisztián & Trew, Alex & Zylberberg, Yanos, 2025, "The Death and Life of Great British Cities," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20420, Jul.
• Miravete, Eugenio & Moral, Maria, 2025, "Shaping Preferences Through Industrial Policy: The Canary Islands in Autarkic Spain," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20504, Jul.
• Bertazzini, Mattia, 2025, "Leaving the “Fourth Shore†: The Effect of Italian Farmers’ Expulsions from Post-Colonial Libya, 1930-2005," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20570, Aug.
• Kota Ogasawara, 2026, "Urban Reconstruction and Population Redistribution: Evidence from Tokyo after the Great Kanto Earthquake," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2607.02978, Jul, revised Jul 2026.
• Baten, Jörg & Stephan, Manon & Wang, Qiang & Berger, Elizabeth & Brooke, John & Chen, Zhiwu & Erdene, Myagmar & Halcrow, Sian & Hou, Kan & Hudson, Mark & Larsen, Clark & Padgett, Brian & Ranaweera, L, 2025, "The Great Divergence and Convergence of Stature in Eurasia: Trends and Economic Correlates over the Last Eight Millennia," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20444, Jul.
• Hal Hill, 2026, "The Philippine Economy: No Longer the East Asian Exception? Revisited," Departmental Working Papers, The Australian National University, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, number 2026-01, Jun.
• Chambers, David & Dimson, Elroy & Ilmanen, Antti & Rintamäki, Paul, 2025, "Long-Run Asset Returns," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20800, Oct.
• Galbraith, James & Kanbur, Ravi & Sen, Kunal & Sumner, Andy, 2025, "Kuznets at 70: The Enduring Significance of a Curve and a Hypothesis," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20474, Jul.
• Minh Ha-Duong, 2026, "A Curated Corpus of Climate Finance Literature, 1990-2024: Six Sources, Multilingual Retrieval, and Grey Literature," CIRED Working Papers, HAL, number hal-05570600, Mar.
• Mirza, Rinchan & Malik, Adeel & Platteau, Jean-Philippe, 2025, "Entrenched Political Dynasties and Development Under Competitive Clientelism: Evidence from Pakistan," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20347, Jun.
• Schneider, Eric, 2025, "Born in Smog: The Short- and Long-Run Health Consequences of Acute Air Pollution Exposure in Historical London, 1892–1919," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20387, Jun.
• Sergio A. Correia & Stephan Luck & Emil Verner, 2026, "Bank Runs With and Without Bank Failure," Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, number 1198, Jul, DOI: 10.59576/sr.1198.
• Wegmueller, Guillaume & Sussman, Nathan, 2025, "Tradition Meets Innovation: Monasteries and the Adoption of Printing Technology," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20552, Aug.
• Gunnesmo, Marius Fredagsvik & Hansen, Casper Worm, 2025, "Labor-Market Effects of Introducing the 8-Hour Workday," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20785, Oct.
• Chilosi, David & Lecce, Giampaolo & Wallis, Patrick, 2025, "Smithian Growth in Britain before the Industrial Revolution, 1500-1800," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20418, Jul.
• Heise, Arne, 2026, "The revolution that was - or wasn't: A meta-analysis of the Keynesian revolution debate," ZÖSS-Discussion Papers, University of Hamburg, Centre for Economic and Sociological Studies (CESS/ZÖSS), number 128.
• Ritikaa Khanna & Rourke O'Brien & Andrew Stokes & Atheendar Venkataramani & Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, 2026, "The U.S. Mortality Crisis as a Preston Curve Reversal," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2607.06427, Jul, revised Jul 2026.
• Besley, Tim & Brzezinski, Adam, 2025, "A Dynamic Model of Political Narratives and the Rise of Neoliberalism," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20410, Jul.
• Antoine Camous & Natalia Garcia Soto, 2026, "Austria One Century Apart: Persistent Effects of Hyperinflation on Inflation Expectations," Working papers, Banque de France, number 1050.
• Jia, Ruixue & Kung, James, 2025, "The Culture and Institutions of Confucianism," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20375, Jun.
• Forbes, Kristin & Ha, Jongrim & Kose, M. Ayhan, 2025, "Tradeoffs over Rate Cycles: Activity, Inflation and the Price Level," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20240, May.
• de Bromhead, Alan & Lyons, Ronan C. & Ohler, Johann, 2025, "Build Better Health: Evidence from Ireland on Housing Quality and Mortality," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20725, Oct.
• Radermecker, Anne-Sophie & Oosterlinck, Kim, 2025, "Shifting Preferences. Prices for den Oude and den Helschen Breughel during the Long Eighteenth century," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20553, Aug.
• Jevan Cherniwchan & Juan Moreno-Cruz, 2026, "Energy Transitions in the Long Run: Theory and Evidence from English Coal," Department of Economics Working Papers, McMaster University, number 2026-04, Jun.
• González, Felipe & Prem, Mounu & von Dessauer, Cristine, 2025, "Empowerment or Indoctrination? Female Training Programs under Dictatorship," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20642, Sep.
• Bergeaud, Antonin & Chaniot, Jean-Baptiste & Malgouyres, Clément, 2025, "Escaping Labor Scarcity: Innovation and Human Capital after WW1 in France," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20492, Jul.
• Jevan Cherniwchan & Juan Moreno-Cruz, 2026, "Energy Transitions in the Long Run: Theory and Evidence from English Coal," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 12766.
• Belloc, Marianna, 2025, "Politics and Religion," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20356, Jun.
• Buonanno, Paolo & Cattaneo, Bianca & Lecce, Giampaolo & Mariella, Vitantonio & Ogliari, Laura, 2025, "Building Consistent Territorial Units over Time: A Graph-Based Method for Historical Municipal Boundaries in Italy," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20714, Oct.
• Daniel K. Fetter & Lee M. Lockwood & Paul Mohnen, 2026, "Long-Run Intergenerational Effects of Social Security," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 35456, Jul.
• Cinnirella, Francesco & Harka, Elona, 2025, "From Chalkboards to Steam Engines: Early Adoption of Compulsory Schooling, Innovation, and Industrialization," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20519, Aug.
• Mehmood, Sultan & Mobarak, Ahmed, 2025, "Climate Shocks and State Formation: The 1970 Bhola Cyclone and the Birth of Bangladesh," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20760, Oct.
• Furceri, Davide & Goncalves, Carlos & Li, Hongchi, 2025, "The Impact of Debt and Deficits on Long Term Interest Rates in the US," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20480, Jul.
• Anna Nordstrom, 2026, "The Value of Central Bank Relationships," Speech, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, number 103506, Jul.
• Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, 2026, "Non-Equilibrium Economics: A Physicist's Point of View," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2607.09620, Jul.
• Ricardo Alonzo Fernandez Salguero, 2026, "Stabilization without Inclusive Development: Neoliberalism, Economic Liberalization, Poverty, and Inequality in Bolivia," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2606.29086, Jun.
• Torben S. D. Johansen & Julius Koschnick & Christian Vedel, 2026, "How to deal with machine learning bias in economic history," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2606.28063, Jun.
• Margarita Gatsou & Uwe Sunde, 2026, "On the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Longevity, Institutions, and Patience," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 12764.
• Goldstein, Daniel A. N. & Magiya, Yusuf, 2026, "How Much War Builds a State? Fiscal Bargaining in the Shadow of War," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number ex3gb_v1, Jun, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/ex3gb_v1.
• Arroyo Abad, Leticia & Espin-Sanchez, Jose-Antonio, 2025, "The First Numbers of the Americas," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20591, Aug.
• Blundell, Richard & Karjalainen, Heidi & Lechene, Valérie & Pendakur, Krishna, 2025, "Gender Inequality in Expenditure: Great Britain 1978 to 2019 ," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20543, Aug.
• Daniel Fetter & Lee Lockwood & Paul Mohnen, 2026, "Long-Run Intergenerational Effects of Social Security," FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, number 2026-10, Jul, DOI: 10.29338/wp2026-10.
• Hatton, Tim, 2025, "Migration to Australia, the Transition from Sail to Steam, and the SS Great Britain," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20369, Jun.
• Guillaume Blanc, 2026, "The Cultural Origins of the Demographic Transition in France," Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University, number dp26-11, Jun.
• Bertazzini, Mattia & Giorcelli, Michela, 2025, "The Economics of Civilian Victimization: Evidence from World War II Italy," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20392, Jul.
• Gorin, Clement & Heblich, Stephan & Zylberberg, Yanos, 2025, "State of the Art: Economic Development Through the Lens of Paintings," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20416, Jul.
• Bazzi, Samuel & Fiszbein, Martin, 2025, "When Do Migrants Shape Culture?," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20506, Jul.
• Ampofo, Akwasi & Khalil, Umair & Panza, Laura & Silva, Francisco, 2025, "The Dynamics of Religious Conversion: Theory and Evidence," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20757, Oct.
• Réka Juhász & Dávid Krisztián Nagy & Claudia Steinwender & Woan Foong Wong, 2026, "Ports, technology and inter-city trade: the economics and geopolitics of evolving maritime transport networks," CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE, number dp2200, Jul.
• Anderson, Siwan, 2025, "The Political Economy of Gender Equality," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20361, Jun.