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Reviews the book "The Long-Term Perspective Study of Sub-Saharan Africa: Background Papers: Country Perspectives," volume 1.

Reviews the book "The Long-Term Perspective Study of Sub-Saharan Africa: Background Papers," volume 3.

Reviews the book "Essays in Economic and Business History. Selected Papers From the Economic and Business Historical Society, 1993," volume 12, edited by Edwin J. Perkins.

Reviews the book "Essays in Economic and Business History: Selected Papers From the Economic and Business History Society, 1989," volume 8, edited by Edwin J. Perkins.

The article reviews the book "Business and Economic History: Papers Presented at the Thirty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Business History Conference, March 18-20, 1988," edited by William J. Hausman .

Reviews the book "Canadian Papers in Business History," vol. 1, edited by Peter Baskerville.

Reviews the book "Perspectives on the History of Economic Thought: Classical and Neoclassical Economic Thought: Selected Papers From the History of Economics Society Conference, 1987," vol. 1, edited by Donald A. Walker.

Reviews the book "Wentworth Papers, 1597-1628," edited by J.P. Cooper.

The article reviews the books "Third International Conference of Economic History, Munich 1965," vol. 5 and "Fourth International Conference of Economic History, Bloomington,1968".

Gregory Elliehausen of Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System reviews, 'No Slack: The Financial Lives of Low-Income Americans.' by Michael S. Barr. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: 'Eleven papers explore the financial constraints and choices of low-income families and examine the ways that low-income families use services through both formal and informal financial institutions, focusing on households in the Detroit area. Papers discuss managing money; banking for all; preferences for plastic; which way to the bank?; borrowing to make ends meet; high-cost homeownership; living on the edge of bankruptcy; expensive tax refunds; paying to save; behaviorally informed regulation; and crisis and reform. Barr is Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School.' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book "The Economies of Africa and Asia in the Interwar Depression," edited by Ian Brown.

Reviews the non-fiction book 'Research in Economic History, 1978,' Volume 3, edited by P. A. Uselding.

Reviews the book 'The World in Depression, 1929-1939,' by Charles P. Kindleberger.

The article reviews the book "Crescita E Declino: Studi Di Storia Dell'Economia Romana," by E. Lo Cascio.

Reviews the non-fiction book 'The Search for Wealth and Stability: Essays in Economic and Social History Presented to M.W. Flinn,' edited by T.C. Smout.

The article reviews the book "Ancient Economies, Modern Methodologies: Archaeology, Comparative History, Models and Institutions," edited by Peter F. Bang, Hartmut G. Ziche, and Mamoru Ikeguchi.

Business history in Argentina has experienced remarkable growth over the last twenty years, compared with most other Latin American countries. As several of the authors comment, the existing literature on Argentina concentrates heavily on the growth of British investment prior to World War I, and US investment, especially in manufacturing, from the 1930s onwards. [Extracted from the article]

Reviews the book "History Matters: Essays on Economic Growth, Technology, and Demographic Change," edited by Timothy W. Guinnane, William A. Sundstrom and Warren C. Whatley.

Reviews the book "Economic Trends in Chinese Agriculture: The Impact of Post-Mao Reforms: A Memorial Volume in Honour of Kenneth Richard Walker, 1932-1989," edited by Y.Y. Kueh and Robert F. Ash.

The article reviews the book "Essays in Jewish Social and Economic History," by Arcadius Kahan and edited by Roger Weiss.

The article investigates the empirical validity of the capital assets pricing model (CAPM), as well as of a risk-adjusted measure of investment performance. Stock prices of shares trading on the Israeli securities market, a relatively thin one with about 100 securities listed, were examined for the period 1965 - 1976. The author's analysis reveals that for short-term horizons CAPM explains little, but when the investing horizon is extended to one year CAPM accounts for around 40% of the average rate of return's volatility.

This article reviews the book "Making, moving and managing: the new world of ancient economies," edited by Zofia H. Archibald, John K. Davies and Vincent Gabrielsen.

Reviews the book 'Productivity and Economic Performance in the Asia-Pacific Region,' edited by Tsu-Tan Fu, Cliff J. Huang, and C.A. Knox Lovell.

Also, there are some themes that emerge that are important for those doing research on the history of money, and which have implications for current policy debates about the role of money and monetary policy in the present day. Hudson then discusses two ideologies with regard to the origins of money: the State Theory of money and the Barter Theory. Robert Hetzel offers an informed and comprehensive analytical narrative based on the continuous interaction between the monetary rules followed by Fed policymakers, the nature and properties of the monetary regime in force, and the consequences of Fed's policy. [Extracted from the article]

Reviews the book "After the Forty-Five. The Economic Impact on the Scottish Highlands," by A. J. Youngson.

The article reviews the book "Canadian Economic History: Classic and Contemporary Approaches," edited by M.H. Watkins and H.M. Grant.

Reviews the book "Comparative Studies in Local Economic Development: Problems in Policy Implementation: Contributions in Economics and Economic History," by Peter B. Meyer.

Reviews the book "Essays in Economic and Business History," vol. 10, "Selected Papers From the Economic and Business Historical Society: 1991," edited by Edwin J. Perkins.

Reviews the book 'The Future of Economic History,' edited by Alexander J. Field.

Reviews the book "Economic Restructuring of the American Midwest: Proceedings of the Midwest Economic Restructuring Conference of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland," by Richard D. Bingham and Randall W. Eberts.

Reviews the book "Latin America," by Alan Gilbert.

Reviews the book "People and Production in Late Precolonial Tanzania: History and Structures," by Juhani Koponen.

Reviews the book "Research in Economic History," vol. 4, edited by P.A. Uselding.

Reviews the book "Does Atlas Shrug? The Economic Consequences of Taxing the Rich," edited by Joel B. Slemrod.

This article reviews the book "The New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson" edited by Timothy J. Hatton, Kevin H. O'Rourke, and Alan M. Taylor.

The article reviews the book "The Economic Future in Historical Perspective," by Paul A. David and Mark Thomas.

Reviews the book 'Revolution and Consumption in Late Medieval England,' edited by Michael Hicks.

Reviews the book "The Korean Diaspora in the World Economy," edited by C. Fred Bergsten and Inbom Choi.

Reviews the book "Korea's Economic Prospects: From Financial Crisis to Prosperity," edited by O. Yul Kwon and William Shepherd.

Reviews the book "The New Dollars and Dreams: American Incomes and economic Change," by Frank Levy.

Reviews the book "Research in Economic History, Volume 2," edited by P. Uselding.

The article reviews the book "Comparative National Balance Sheets. A Study of Twenty Countries, 1688-1978," by Raymond W. Goldsmith.

Reviews the book "New Directions in Economic and Social History," edited by Anne Digby and Charles Feistein.

The article reviews the book "Hong Kong As an International Financial Centre: Evolution, Prospects and Policies," by Y.C. Jao.

Reviews the book "Islamic Economic Alternatives: Critical Perspectives and New Directions," edited by K.S. Jomo.

The article reviews the book "COMECON Data 1990," edited by the Vienna Institute for Comparative Economic Studies.

Reviews the book "People, Cities and Wealth," by E.A. Wrigley.