Customary law governed most European societies during the Middle Ages and early modern period. To better understand the roots of legal customs and their implications for long-run development, we introduce an atlas of ...

This article describes the construction and content of an atlas of local jurisdictions of Ancien Régime France: bailliages. Bailliages were at the center of the Ancien Régime's jurisdictional apparatus: they administered ...

Overlapping ownership can lead firms to raise prices, but what determines the magnitude of this effect? I study how the price effect of overlapping ownership depends on demand and cost conditions and the degree of product ...

We have constructed a comprehensive database that traces the publications of father–son pairs in the premodern academic realm and examined the contribution of inherited human capital versus nepotism to occupational ...

Background Opioid use disorders constitute a vast disease burden, need for comprehensive treatment, and substantial costs to individuals, families, and society. The multifaceted needs of people with opioid dependence call ...

This thesis investigates the relationships between the metropolitan housing markets in Norway, with a focus on potential lead-lag dynamics and the ripple effect of house price changes originating in Oslo. Using quarterly ...

Government financing of charities influences their fundraising and private donations. To analyze competition between charities, we modify the model of fundraising introduced by Andreoni and Payne, where there are two groups ...