Report NEP-HIS-2026-08-24

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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• Acemoglu, Daron & Robinson, James A., 2024, "Culture, Institutions and Social Equilibria: A Framework," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19518, Sep.
• Machielsen, Bas & van Besouw, Bram, 2026, "Dynamics of Democratization and the Organization of Education," EconStor Preprints, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, number 342692.
• Bellani, Luna & Hager, Anselm & Maurer, Stephan, 2026, "The civil war reduced slave owners' economic power but increased their political influence," Working Papers, University of Konstanz, Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality. Perceptions, Participation and Policies", number 51, DOI: 10.48787/kops/352-2-140fe93ku6fk45.
• Eva Davoine & Joseph Enguehard & Victor Gay & Igor Kolesnikov, 2026, "Mapping the Grandes Gabelles in Early Modern France," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05501504, DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2026.101785.
• Lamoreaux, Naomi & Wallis, John, 2024, "Democracy, Capitalism, and Equality: The Importance of Impersonal Rules," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19446, Sep.
• Hatton, Tim, 2024, "Sailing Ship Technology, Navigation and the Duration of Voyages to Australia, 1848-85," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19342, Aug.
• Tsiboe, Francis, 2026, "Fifty Years of Growth and the Road Ahead for Crop Insurance Penetration in the United States," ARPC Brief, North Dakota State University, number 409051, Aug, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.409051.
• Platt, Lucinda, 2025, "Economics in America: an immigrant economist explores the land of inequality, by Angus Deaton," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library, number 128086, Aug.
• Kelly, Morgan & O'Rourke, Kevin, 2024, "Industrial policy in the shadow of conflict: lessons from the past," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19372, Aug.
• Hu, Yan & Maurer, Stephan, 2025, "Minority bureaucrats' networks and career progression: Evidence from the Chinese Maritime Customs Service," Working Papers, University of Konstanz, Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality. Perceptions, Participation and Policies", number 50, DOI: 10.48787/kops/352-2-1skfe88kcw4yc1.
• Melki, Mickael & Rapoport, Hillel & Spolaore, Enrico & Wacziarg, Romain, 2024, "Cultural Remittances and Modern Fertility," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19510, Sep.
• Jamilov, Rustam & König, Tobias & Müller, Karsten & Saidi, Farzad, 2024, "Two Centuries of Systemic Bank Runs," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19382, Aug.
• Jashari, Skender, 2026, "“Shpërbërja e Afërt e Federatës Ruse: Modelet Historike dhe Katalizatorët Modernë
  [The Imminent Dissolution of the Russian Federation: Historical Patterns and Modern Catalysts]," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 130026.
• Bellou, Andriana & Cardia, Emanuela, 2026, "Great Depression, WWII and the College Gender Gap," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 18846, Jul.
• Min, Jonathan, 2026, "A Cross-Temporal Analysis of Redlining Language and Modern Tenant-Screening Algorithms," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number 2pydx_v1, Jul, DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/2pydx_v1.
• Depante, Lianne Angelico C. & Dedase, Kirsten Lianne Mae C., 2026, "Semiconductor Industry Development in Taiwan and the Philippines: Comparative Insights for the Global South," EconStor Preprints, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, number 342849.
• Marcel Schlepper & Timo Wochner, 2026, "Economic Development in the Shadow of War," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 12915.
• Beck, Thorsten & Levine, Ross, 2024, "Legal Institutions and the Development of Financial Systems Revisited," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19387, Aug.
• Cummins, Neil, 2024, "Ethnic Wealth Inequality in England and Wales, 1858-2018," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19398, Aug.
• Khramov, Denis, 2026, "Социализм В Отдельно Взятой Стране: Структурные Дефекты И Распад Ссср
  [Socialism in One Country: Structural Defects and the Break-up of the USSR]," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 129911, Jun.
• Kim, Minseong, 2026, "Fraud Detection Without Specificity: A Null-Calibration Evaluation of the eforensics Model on Two Decades of Korean Elections," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number 6ka47_v1, Jul, DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/6ka47_v1.
• Keller, Wolfgang & Shiue, Carol & Yan, Sen, 2024, "Mining Chinese Historical Sources At Scale: A Machine Learning-Approach to Qing State Capacity," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19517, Sep.
• Wasserziehr, Jan, 2026, "Can technical progress make us free? On the idea of freedom from labour," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library, number 140236, Jul.
• Long, Joe & Medici, Carlo & Qian, Nancy & Tabellini, Marco, 2024, "The Impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act on the Economic Development of the Western U.S," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19541, Sep.
• Yang, Dean & Saia, Alessandro & Kovvuri, Akhila & Ahmed, Resuf & Brimble, Paul, 2026, "Ancient Epics in the Television Age: Religious Identity and the Rise of Hindu Nationalism in India," IDEA Working Papers, International Development Economics Association (IDEA), number 2, Aug, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21904880.
• Le Rossignol, Etienne & Lowes, Sara & Montero, Eduardo, 2024, "Fallow Lengths and the Structure of Property Rights," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19366, Aug.
• Cahuc, Pierre, 2024, "The Micro and Macro Economics of Short-Time Work," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19429, Sep.
• Glogowsky, Ulrich & Hansen, Emanuel & Sachs, Dominik & Lüthen, Holger, 2024, "The Evolution of Child-Related Gender Inequality in Germany and The Role of Family Policies, 1960-2018," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19547, Sep.
• Heblich, Stephan & Redding, Stephen & Zylberberg, Yanos, 2024, "The Distributional Consequences of Trade: Evidence from the Grain Invasion," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19522, Sep.
• Stephan Heblich & Marlon Seror & Hao Xu & Yanos Zylberberg, 2026, "Industrial clusters in the long run: Evidence from Million-Rouble plants in China," RFBerlin Discussion Paper Series, ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin), number 26188, Jul.
• Federico, Giovanni & Nuvolari, Alessandro & Ridolfi, Leonardo & Vasta, Michelangelo, 2024, "Italy's Long-Term Economic Performance: GDP Estimates from 1300 to 1861," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19406, Aug.
• Lidström, Erik, 2026, "Evolutionary economics: Our stone age brain in Adam Smith's great society," IEA Discussion Papers, Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), number 151.
• Berger, Thor & Ostermeyer, Vinzent, 2024, "Institutional Innovation and the Adoption of New Technologies: The Case of Steam," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19530, Sep.
• Melissa Gentry, 2026, "Recovering Work-Limiting Disability Variables in the 1980s Current Population Survey," CES Technical Notes Series, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau, number 26-24, Jul.
• Karalis-Isaac, Alex & Miller, Marcus, 2024, "The Historical Roots of Modern Culture: Evidence of ‘Moral Sentiments’?," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19509, Sep.
• Ager, Philipp & Hansen, Casper Worm & Karger, Ezra & Lønstrup, Lars, 2024, "Religion as Social Insurance: Evidence from the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19565, Oct.
• Arroyo Abad, Leticia & Espin-Sanchez, Jose-Antonio & Maurer, Noel, 2024, "From the Convent to Hollywood: The Legacy of Spanish and American Rule in the Philippines," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19535, Sep.
• Bini, Lapo & Reichlin, Lucrezia & Ricco, Giovanni, 2024, "A Hundred Years of Business Cycles and the Phillips Curve," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19552, Oct.
• Boehm, Johannes & Chaney, Thomas, 2024, "Trade and the End of Antiquity," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19459, Sep.
• Tarik Jellouli & Hamza Ousi Moh, 2025, "The impact of financial ratings on bank governance: A theoretical literature review
  [L'impact de la notation financière sur la gouvernance bancaire : Une revue de la littérature théorique]," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05649266, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18484787.
• Hansen, Casper Worm & Strulik, Holger, 2024, "How Do We Age? A Decomposition of Gompertz Law," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19353, Aug.