Archiv für Juli 2012

Are composers different? Historical evidence on conflict-induced migration (1816-1997)

In this paper, we explore whether, and to what extent, the incidence of war affects the migration intensity of 164 prominent classical composers born after 1800. We model the aggregate stock of composers in a country and find that periods of war corre…

The lasting damage to mortality of early-life adversity: evidence from the English famine of the late 1720s

This paper explores the long-term impact on mortality of exposure to hardship in early-life. Using survival analysis, we demonstrate that birth during the great English famine of the late 1720s entailed an increased death risk throughout life among th…

Liquidity premia during the industrial breakthrough: evidence from the Stockholm Stock Exchange, 1901-1919

This paper analyzes the importance of liquidity in determining security returns for firms listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange between 1901 and 1919. Using a new and detailed firm-level data set with matching stock price and balance sheet informatio…

Was the manorial system an efficient insurance institution? Economic stress and demographic response in Sweden, 1749-1859

In much of preindustrial Europe, the manorial estate was an important institution in the rural economy. Despite a widespread view that the estates insured its tenants against uncertainties, there is little evidence that measures taken were efficient. …

Esprit | 7/2012

Quelle: http://www.eurozine.com/journals/esprit/issue/2012-07-19.html

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John Nichols: Die Neue Linke in Amerika. Politische Lehren aus Wisconsin, Ohio und OccupyWeiterlesen

Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik | 7/2012

Quelle: http://www.eurozine.com/journals/blatter/issue/2012-07-16.html

Editors‘ Note

Quelle: http://www.riha-journal.org/articles/2012/2012-jul-sep/special-issue-neo-impressionism/editors-note

0046 Anne Dymond, Valiant, Independent, and Harmonious: Paul Signac and Neo-Impressionism after 1900

Through a close reading of Parisian art criticism around 1900, this essay examines Paul Signac’s role as de facto head of the neo-impressionists and guiding spirit of the Salon des Indépendants. […]

0045 Tania Woloshyn, Colonizing the Côte d’Azur: Neo-Impressionism, Anarcho-Communism and the Tropical Terre Libre of the Maures, c.1892-1908

This article explores neo-impressionist representations of the Côte d’Azur as an ideal space of anarcho-communist liberty. In doing so it questions art-historical literature of such images as utopian […]