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The fertility response to price changes in a manorial society: The case of rural Estonia, 1834–1884 庄园社会中生育率对价格变化的反应：以爱沙尼亚农村为例，1834-1884

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Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2025-01-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101653

Martin Klesment, Kersti Lust

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Poverty in Germany from the Black Death until the Beginning of Industrialization 从黑死病到工业化开始德国的贫困

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Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101630

Guido Alfani , Victoria Gierok , Felix Schaff

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The evolution of the value of water power during the Industrial Revolution 工业革命期间水力价值的演变

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Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101645

Todd Guilfoos

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Protestantism and human capital: Evidence from early 20th century Ireland 新教与人力资本：来自20世纪初爱尔兰的证据

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Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101647

Alan Fernihough , Stuart Henderson

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Long-term trends in income and wealth inequality in southern Italy. The Kingdom of Naples (Apulia), sixteenth to eighteenth centuries 意大利南部收入和财富不平等的长期趋势。那不勒斯王国（普利亚），16至18世纪

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Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101646

Guido Alfani , Sergio Sardone

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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

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Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101635

Alexander N. Taylor

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Who collaborates with the Soviets? Financial distress and technology transfer during the Great Depression 谁与苏联合作？大萧条时期的金融危机和技术转让

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Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101637

Jerry Jiang , Jacob P. Weber

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Incredible commitment: Influence accumulation, consensus-making, and the collapse of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 难以置信的承诺：影响力的积累，共识的形成，以及波兰立陶宛联邦的崩溃

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Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101633

Mikołaj Malinowski

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The political effects of the 1918 influenza pandemic in Weimar Germany 1918年德国魏玛流感大流行的政治影响

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Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2024-12-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101648

Stefan Bauernschuster , Matthias Blum , Erik Hornung , Christoph Koenig

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The escape from hunger: The impact of food prices on well-being in Sweden, 1813–1967 摆脱饥饿：1813-1967年瑞典食品价格对幸福的影响

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Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2024-12-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101652

Tommy Bengtsson, Luciana Quaranta

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