Recent work has argued that zoning is responsible for racial segregation, disparities in public goods provision, growing regional inequality, and exploding housing costs productive areas. However, the slow-moving nature of land regulation’s effects suggests a crucial need historical perspective to understand how shaped cities over long term. This essay places introduction broader context urban ...

Rural Credit Markets and Aggregate Shocks: The Experience of Nuits St. Georges, 1756-1776 Author(s): Jean-Laurent Rosenthal Source: The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 54, No. 2, Papers Presented at the Fifty-Third Annual Meeting of the Economic History Association (Jun., 1994), pp. 288-306 Published by: on behalf of the Cambridge University Press Economic History Association Stable URL: http...