Sources of growth: Politics and Institutions in the light of historical experience

Lines of research

• Sources of Spanish economic growth between 1500 and 1800 in a European perspective.
• Historical international comparisons of per capita GDP and of human development
• Sources of long-term growth in OECD countries since 1850.
• Economic freedom.
• Growth and welfare in Europe and countries of European origin since 1850.
• Finances and currency in Spain since 1500.
• International bank and financial integration in the 19th and 20th centuries.
• A comparative perspective of development and integration of Western European capital markets in the 19th and 20th centuries.
• Institutional economic history of European agriculture in the 19th and 20th centuries.
• Agrarian organisation and economic development in the 19th and 20th centuries.
• The European wine market since 1850.
• Factor market, income and price of land.
• National and international migration in the 19th and 20th centuries.
• Technological change and transfer of technology in heavy industry.
• Industrial location.
• Regional and industrial economy in Spain within the context of Europe.
• Economic causes of armed conflicts (Spanish Civil War).