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The economics of providence: an introduction to the economic history of religious orders and congregations, 1773-1930 Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed
Ancient economic history and social scientific theory Universiteit Gent
A funny thing happened on my way to the market: reading Petronius to write economic history Universiteit Gent
Petronius' novel is an important rate source for Roman social and economic history. However, it is also a extremely difficult source to interpret. This chapter introduces the reader to some of the possibilities and difficulties involved in using the Satyrica.
Factors determining authors’ willingness to wait for editorial decisions from economic history journals KU Leuven
© 2014, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary. In this contribution, we measure how long researchers are willing to wait (WTW) for an editorial decision on the acceptance or rejection of a submitted manuscript. This measure serves as a proxy for the expected value of a publication to a researcher in the field of economic, business and financial history. We analyze how this WTW measure varies with the characteristics of the submitting authors ...
A Brief Economic History of Beer KU Leuven
© Oxford University Press, 2011. All rights reserved. This chapter presents a brief economy history of the evolution of beer production and consumption and the industrial organization of breweries. It discusses first the discovery and use of beer in ancient history, and the functioning of monasteries as centres of the beer economy in the early Middle Ages. It then presents an analysis of the innovation and taxation in brewing in the Middle Ages ...
A Brief Economic History of Chocolate KU Leuven
This article reviews cocoa and chocolate production, consumption and the industrial organization of chocolate making throughout history. Today, the cocoa and chocolate market exists out of different products for many different consumers. Most of these consumers can be found in the industrial countries of the world. However, the actual cocoa plant originated and became a monetary medium of exchange for trade as well as a fatty, dark concoction in ...