Richard Bean
Biographic Data
| ID | 3960456 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Bean |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Bean |
| SIGNATURE | BEAN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1723-6760 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A Note on the Relative Importance of Slaves and Gold in West African Exports
The biggest part of West African gold was exported through the Gold Coast, a fact which goes far toward explaining why this area was consistently the scene of the most intense rivalries between European traders in Africa. The expectation was exaggerated and surely could only have been realized if the Company had ousted all other Europeans from the trade. Higher export prices for slaves should have driven up the labour costs of gold extraction in …
Weather to scoot? How weather shapes shared e-scooter ridership patterns
How does weather affect bikeshare use? A comparative analysis of forty cities across climate zones
Market failure, government failure, and the private supply of public goods: The case of climate-controlled walkway networks
Summaries of Research Workshops: Government Finance, Taxation, and Economic Policy in Old Regime Europe
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A note on the relative importance of slaves and gold in West African exports
Specialists in the history of West Africa disagree about the relative importance of slaves and other commodities in African exports. Examination of the rough statistical evidence that is available indicates that slave exports earned less foreign exchange for Africa than did the single most important other export through four of the five centuries of contact between sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. There were large regional differences in the patter…
War and the Birth of the Nation State
The rise of the nation-state is assigned by most historians a central role in the economic growth of Europe. Most recently Douglass North and Robert Thomas have argued that sustained economic growth was made possible only by institutional changes which, themselves, were a consequence of the rise of the nationstate. Thus it is clear that a complete model of the economic growth of Europe will have to account for the rise of the nation-state. That i…
War and the Birth of the Nation State
The rise of the nation-state is assigned by most historians a central role in the economic growth of Europe. Most recently Douglass North and Robert Thomas have argued that sustained economic growth was made possible only by institutional changes which, themselves, were a consequence of the rise of the nationstate. Thus it is clear that a complete model of the economic growth of Europe will have to account for the rise of the nation-state. That i…
A note on the relative importance of slaves and gold in West African exports
Specialists in the history of West Africa disagree about the relative importance of slaves and other commodities in African exports. Examination of the rough statistical evidence that is available indicates that slave exports earned less foreign exchange for Africa than did the single most important other export through four of the five centuries of contact between sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. There were large regional differences in the patter…
Market failure, government failure, and the private supply of public goods: The case of climate-controlled walkway networks
How does weather affect bikeshare use? A comparative analysis of forty cities across climate zones
War and the Birth of the Nation State
The rise of the nation-state is assigned by most historians a central role in the economic growth of Europe. Most recently Douglass North and Robert Thomas have argued that sustained economic growth was made possible only by institutional changes which, themselves, were a consequence of the rise of the nationstate. Thus it is clear that a complete model of the economic growth of Europe will have to account for the rise of the nation-state. That i…
A note on the relative importance of slaves and gold in West African exports
Specialists in the history of West Africa disagree about the relative importance of slaves and other commodities in African exports. Examination of the rough statistical evidence that is available indicates that slave exports earned less foreign exchange for Africa than did the single most important other export through four of the five centuries of contact between sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. There were large regional differences in the patter…
Summaries of Research Workshops: Government Finance, Taxation, and Economic Policy in Old Regime Europe
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Market failure, government failure, and the private supply of public goods: The case of climate-controlled walkway networks
How does weather affect bikeshare use? A comparative analysis of forty cities across climate zones
A Note on the Relative Importance of Slaves and Gold in West African Exports
The biggest part of West African gold was exported through the Gold Coast, a fact which goes far toward explaining why this area was consistently the scene of the most intense rivalries between European traders in Africa. The expectation was exaggerated and surely could only have been realized if the Company had ousted all other Europeans from the trade. Higher export prices for slaves should have driven up the labour costs of gold extraction in …
Weather to scoot? How weather shapes shared e-scooter ridership patterns
Geography (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Climate change (2 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Environmental Science (2 works) · Finance (2 works)