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Monumental effects: Confederate monuments in the Post-Reconstruction South 纪念碑效应：重建后南方的邦联纪念碑

IF 2.3 1区历史学

Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101635

Alexander N. Taylor

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Are some piece rates better than others? Cross-sectional variation in piece rates at a US cotton factory 有些计件工资率比其他计件工资率高吗？美国一家棉纺厂计件工资的横截面变化

IF 2.6 1区历史学

Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101631

Joyce Burnette

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Reservoirs of power: The political legacy of dam construction in Franco’s Spain 权力水库：佛朗哥时期西班牙大坝建设的政治遗产

IF 2.6 1区历史学

Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101628

Gema Lax-Martinez

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Wealth and history: A reappraisal 财富与历史：重新评估

IF 2.6 1区历史学

Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101624

Daniel Waldenström

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The Black–white lifetime earnings gap 黑人与白人终生收入差距

IF 2.6 1区历史学

Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101629

Ezra Karger , Anthony Wray

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Speed of convergence in a Malthusian world: Weak or strong homeostasis? 马尔萨斯世界的趋同速度：弱平衡还是强平衡？

IF 2.6 1区历史学

Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101634

Arnaud Deseau

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Labor coercion, fiscal modernization, and state capacity: Evidence from colonial Indonesia 劳动胁迫、财政现代化和国家能力：殖民时期印度尼西亚的证据

IF 2.6 1区历史学

Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101632

Mark Hup

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Family first: Defining, constructing, and applying historical patent families 家族第一：定义、构建和应用历史专利族

IF 2.6 1区历史学

Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101627

David E. Andersson , Matti La Mela , Fredrik Tell

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(In-kind) Wages and labour relations in the Middle Ages: It’s not (all) about the money (实物）中世纪的工资和劳资关系：不是（全部）为了钱

IF 2.6 1区历史学

Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101626

Jordan Claridge , Vincent Delabastita , Spike Gibbs

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Elite persistence and inequality in the Danish West Indies, 1760–1914 1760-1914 年丹麦西印度群岛的精英持续与不平等现象

IF 2.6 1区历史学

Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101636

Stefania Galli , Dimitrios Theodoridis , Klas Rönnbäck

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