The project entitled "The Economic Causes of the Spanish Civil War", directed by James Simpson, has received a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Education for the period 2007-2009. More...

Latest papers published in the working papers collection in Economic History:

WP 08-13 Stefano Battilossi, James Foreman Peck and Gerhard Kling, "European Business Cycles and Economic Policy, 1945-2007".

WP 08-12 Leandro Prados de la Escosura and Joan Roses, "Proximate Causes of Economic Growth in Spain, 1850-2000".

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A Comparative Approach to Inequality and Development: Latin America and Europe

Instituto Figuerola, Universidad Carlos III Madrid, May 8-9, 2009

The aim of the Mini-Conference is to promote a comparative analysis of inequality in Latin America and Europe, in order to explain whether inequality really has been a distinctive aspect of Latin American development for centuries, what form that inequality has taken, and whether it has been an important factor explaining its relative backwardness. Comparisons between European and Latin American experience since pre-industrial times will enrich our understanding of both.

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EURHISTOCK-European Stock Markets in Historical
Perspective

Friday April 24th (h. 11:00-19:00) y Saturday April 25th (9:00_18:00), Aula 11.2.24, Campus de Getafe.

Organized by the Instituto Figuerola and the Departamento de Historia Económica.

Founded by GLOBALEURONET-Research Networking Programme
of the European Science Foundation, and the MICINN-Acciones Complementarias.

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