RHE 2011 n. 01 primavera

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Archivo Abierto Institucional de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid: RHE V.29 Nº1 primavera 2011
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    Contraportada [Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, Año XXIx, primavera 2011, n. 1]
    (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, 2011-03-10)
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    Preliminares [Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, Año XXIX, primavera 2011, n. 1]
    (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, 2011-03)
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    ¿El empresario nace o se hace? Educación y empresarialidad en la España Contemporánea
    (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, 2011-03) Quiroga, Gloria; Moral Arce, Ignacio; Tortella Casares, Gabriel
    This article studies the possible effect that education may have upon entrepreneurial success. It uses two data bases, one for Spanish, the other for English entrepreneurs. By means of statistical and econometric analysis, we examine the effects on entrepreneurial behaviour of a series of variables, several relating to education. We compare the Spanish with the English sample. The main conclusions are: education indeed has a considerable bearing upon entrepreneurial success; this bearing is much more evident in the English than in the Spanish samples; both educational systems are quite different; and, lastly, family income seems to have little effect either on entrepreneurial success or on the studies of future entrepreneurs.
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    The peripheral protectionist backlash in the First Globalization: Spain (1870-1913)
    (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, 2011-03) Fillat, Carmen; Gracia, Ana Belén; Sabaté Sort, Marcela
    This paper studies the role played by different trade barriers (transport costs, customs and currency) in the evolution of Spanish imports during the First Globalization (1870-1913). Through the estimation of several gravity equations with panel data analysis, we obtain the elasticities of imports to each barrier, which allows us to combine them into a single ad valorem measure of barriers to trade (which we call the trade costs tariff equivalent). More interestingly, the contribution of the barriers to the profile of the tariff equivalent, as well as the assignment of an active role to the peseta exchange rate as a barrier, illustrates the existence of a protectionist backlash against the sustained decline in transport costs in the period 1870-1913.
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    Cooperatives before cooperative law: business law and cooperatives in Spain, 1869-1931
    (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, 2011-03) Guinnane, Timothy W.; Martínez-Rodríguez, Susana
    Studies of Spanish cooperatives date their spread from the Law on Agrarian Syndicates of 1906. But the first legislative appearance of cooperatives is an 1869 measure that permitted general incorporation for lending companies. The 1931 general law on cooperatives, the first act permitting the formation of cooperatives in any activity, reflects the gradual disappearance of the cooperative’s «business» characteristics. In this paper, we trace the Spanish cooperative’s legal roots in business law and its connections to broader questions of the freedom of association, the formation of joint-stock enterprises and the liability of investors in business and cooperative entities. Our account underscores the similarities of the organizational problems approach by cooperatives and business firms, while at the same time respecting the distinctive purposes cooperatives served.
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    Factor endowments, markets and vertical integration : the development of commercial wine production in Argentina, Australia and California, C1870-1914
    (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, 2011-03) Simpson, James
    Grape quality and the nature of market demand played a major role indetermining the organizational structure of the wine industry in the threedecades prior to 1914. In contrast to Europe where grape growing andwinemaking were specialist activities, in the New World winemaking andselling were often integrated. This encouraged the appearance of largeindustrial wineries producing wines that could be branded. Differenceswithin the New World itself can be attributable to the nature of demand and,in particular, to whether wine was considered an article of primary consumption(Argentina), or whether it competed with other, more popularalcoholic beverages such as beer and spirits (Australia and California).
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    To be Waterproof or to be soaked: importance of packing in British textile exports to distant markets: The cases of Chile and the River Plate, c.1810-1859
    (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, 2011-03) Llorca-Jaña, Manuel
    The literature on Anglo-South American trade during the first half of the 19th century has taken British exports for granted. There are no specific considerations of textile exports, which were the backbone of British trade to the continent. Accordingly, when explaining the growth of British exports, historians have paid tribute solely to economic developments in South America. Important developments taking place in Britain have long been neglected. This paper provides the first account of the impact that improvements in the packing of textiles to protect against seawater damages had on British exports to distant markets, focusing on the particular markets of Chile and the River Plate c.1810-1859.