Research in Economic History

Shawn Kantor is the L. Charles Hilton Jr. Distinguished Professor of Economics, Florida State University. Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research.Carl T. Kitchens is the Professor of Economics and Bernard Sliger Scholar, Florida State University. Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research.

• Chapter 1. Provincial Health Inequalities in Spain since 1860; Gregori Galofré-Vilà and María Gómez LeónChapter 2. The Geography of Infectious Disease and the European Marriage Pattern;Kirsten de Beurs, Kyle Harper, and Le Wang Chapter 3. Economic Bonanza and Wealth Inequality: Evidence from Tax Records for Lima, Peru ;Luis Felipe Zegarra Chapter 4. Can Land Inequality Negatively Affect Human Capital? The American Case, 1950-1970; Bárbara Tundidor Chapter 5. Federal Preemption of Local Government Telegraph Franchise Entry Barriers; Aaron M. Honsowetz Chapter 6. The Anatomy of a Policy Failure: Nixon’s Attempt to Control Inflation; Burton A. Abrams and James L. Butkiewicz