Yehuda-Nassar and Marì Brull examine 600 protested bills of exchange from Barcelona, illuminating Aragon–Pisa currency dynamics; econometric analysis shows modest exchange-rate volatility driven largely by geography & macro factors.
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Concina studies pre-industrial rural Piedmont, finding that rising material wealth from cheaper luxuries/manufactures didn’t mean rising wellbeing for all: elites adopted new consumption habits; rural workers often didn’t gain in living standards.
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@guillaumemorel.bsky.social and aoul-Grammare study the impact of plague outbreaks in pre-industrial France (1280-1789): using an outlier-detection approach on a long-run database, the paper finds differentiated effects across different outcomes.
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Chiaiese and Ciriotto estimate a new provincial panel with male and female workforce by sector, migration, age structure, plus a new series of provincial real GDP (1951-1991). A solid base to study regional inequalities in postwar Italy.
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📄 Law and the Cooperative «Movement» in India
by Maanik Nath

📄 Development Policy and Legal Persistence: Evidence from India
by Tirthankar Roy and Anand V. Swamy

📄 The Economy of Sri Lanka in the 20th Century: Explaining Success and Failure
by Anne Booth

📄 Charting Longevity: India’s Journey to Increased Life Expectancy, 1940 to 1970
by Latika Chaudhary (OPEN ACCESS) 🔗 www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1410/...

This issue explores the lasting impacts of colonialism on South Asia’s economy, institutions, and development, featuring the following articles:

📄 Editors’ Note
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