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A decisive intelligence failure? British intelligence on Soviet war potential and the 1939 Anglo-French-Soviet alliance that never was
(2008-03-06)
In 1939 the British Government tried to assess Soviet war potential in order to know
more about their potential ally, as part of the negotiations concerning an Anglo-French-Soviet
alliance. British assessments of Soviet ...
Economic Growth and Clean Water in the Göta River - A Pilot Study of Collective Action and the Environmental Kuznets Curve 1895-2000
(2011-10)
Because of a growing population and industrialization, total pollution levels
in many water-courses around the world have increased considerably for hundreds, if
not thousands, of years. In the last few decades, however, ...
Levnadsstandarden speglad i bouppteckningar : En undersökning av två metoder att använda svenska bouppteckningar för en levnadsstandardsundersökning samt en internationell
(2007-11-08)
The standard of living in the pre-industrial world is an interesting but challenging
subject. No single method alone can solve the problem. In order to grasp the standard of living
several methods must be used, and work ...
Bolagsrevisorn - En studie av revisionsverksamhet under sent 1800-tal och tidigt 1900-tal. Från frivillighet till lagreglering och professionalisering.
(2010-03-16)
The development of Swedish auditing, in light of the increase in
legislation of limited liability companies and the international history of audit at the
turn of the 20th century, is investigated. An important factor is ...
Flexibility and protectionism. Swedish trade in sugar during the early modern era
(2006)
Sugar was of the utmost importance for the development of a transatlantic trade during the early modern era. This working paper explores the impact of institutions and institutional changes of the colonial trade in sugar ...
Verkstadsindustri i globaliseringens tidevarv. En studie av SKF och Volvo 1970-2000
(2006)
This working paper explores the impact of the globalization process 1970-2000 on two manufacturing industries in the Gothenburg area – SKF and Volvo. Three aspects of the process are highlighted: the development of new ...
Globalisation, inequality and Swedish catch up in the late nineteenth century. Williamson’s real wage comparisons under scrutiny
(2005)
The idea of rapid factor price convergence in the latter half of the nineteenth century stems from an article from 1995 by Jeffrey Williamson. That article presented real wage comparisons of unskilled urban workers for ...
Tariff protection in Sweden 1885–1914
(2005)
This paper presents disaggregated estimates of nominal and effective rates of tariff protection for Sweden 1885–1914. In a methodological part of the article I argue that the proper way to measure tariff protection is an ...
The price of sugar in Sweden : Data, source & methods
(2007-11-08)
This paper presents a new price series for sugar in Sweden, or more exactly
Stockholm, in a long-term perspective (1624–1900). Prior to this, no price data has
been available from Sweden for this commodity. The paper is ...
The income distributional consequences of agrarian tariffs in Sweden on the eve of World War I
(2006)
After 1870 Swedish agriculture was transformed in the direction of more animal husbandry. Small farmers in particular specialized in animal produce. Yet, agricultural protectionism primarily served the interest of large ...