The European Historical Economics Society was founded in 1991 to promote European research and training in economic history. The Society is registered with the Charity Commissioners of England and Wales and its aims are stated as: “The advancement of education in European economic history through the study of European economics and economic history, particularly through the comparison and analysis of European economies”.
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The Society publishes the European Review of Economic History since 1996. It is currently published four times a year and has an impact factor (2021) of 1.706.
The EREH is a major outlet for research in economic history. Articles cover the whole range of economic history — papers on European, non-European, comparative and world economic history are all welcome. Contributions shed new light on existing debates, raise new or previously neglected topics, and provide fresh perspectives from comparative research. The Review includes…
Working papers
Paper No. 236:
Economic Freedom in Retrospect
by Leandro Prados de la Escosura, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
June 2023.
Paper No. 235:
Subjective Well-being in Spain’s Decline
by Carlos Álvarez-Nogal, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Leandro Prados de la Escosura, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
May 2023.
Paper No. 234:
Exploring the Drivers of Spain’s Nutritional Transition: From Meat Shortages to Excess(1958-1990)
by Pablo Delgado, University of Zaragoza
April 2023.
Paper No. 233:
Risk Management in Traditional Agriculture: Intercropping in Italian Wine Production
by Giovanni Federico, New York University Abu Dhabi and CEPR Pablo Martinelli Lasheras, University Carlos III…
EHES Conference 2023
On behalf of the European Historical Economics Society and the local Organizing Committee (Wilfried Kisling and Andreas Resch) I am delighted to invite you to submit a paper or session and to participate in the fifteenth EHES Conference at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Friday – Saturday, 1 – 2 September 2023. We hope that many of you will be able to present and discuss the broad range of topics that we study in economic history.
For further information please see ehesconference.org
Markus Lampe