An investigation of lending at the Royal Bank of Scotland, 1878-1914
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This thesis consists of three stand-alone papers which address separate questions regarding the economics of education and formation of human capital. Family Background, Gender and Cohort Effects on Schooling decisions (Chapter 2) In this chapter we use unique retrospective family background data from Wave 13 of the British Household Panel Survey (...
This thesis consists of two essays. The first essay of this thesis examines the role of creditor protection in the development of the UK corporate bond market. This market grew rapidly in the late nineteenth century, but in the twentieth century it experienced a reversal, albeit with a short-lived post-1945 renaissance. Such was the extent of the r...
Urban land resources are facing immense pressure due to rapid economic growth. Unscientific processes of land development have resulted in increased vulnerability to both ecosystems and communities. The cities in developing world are still short of scientific tools and techniques to address this concern. The simultaneous operation of various socioe...
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