Competition, productivity, and survival of grocery stores in the Great Depression
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2018.04.003
Abstract: We study the grocery industry in Washington, DC, during the Great Depression using data from the 1929 Census of Distribution, a 1929–1930 survey by the Federal Trade Commission, and a 1935 business directory. We first… read more here.
Keywords: survival grocery; competition productivity; grocery; productivity survival ... See more keywords
In utero exposure to the Great Depression is reflected in late-life epigenetic aging signatures
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2208530119
Abstract: Research on maternal-fetal epigenetic programming argues that adverse exposures to the intrauterine environment can have long-term effects on adult morbidity and mortality. However, causal research on epigenetic programming in humans at a population level is… read more here.
Keywords: great depression; late life; epigenetic aging; life ... See more keywords
The crossroads of identity: Psychology’s (re)action to the Great Depression
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DOI: 10.1080/03623319.2020.1727243
Abstract: It was clear as the economic crash deepened in the 1930 s that the American people were suffering psychological shock. President Hoover regularly suggested that the economic problems of the country... read more here.
Keywords: action great; crossroads identity; psychology action; identity psychology ... See more keywords
Unemployment and fraud during the Great Depression in New Zealand
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DOI: 10.1108/jfc-07-2020-0135
Abstract: Purpose This paper aims to provide a historical understanding of the unemployment context experienced by the New Zealand population during the Great Depression, which might have caused people to commit financial crimes, such as fraud,… read more here.
Keywords: great depression; fraud; new zealand; unemployment ... See more keywords
Exchange Rates and Economic Recovery in the 1930s: An Extension to Asia
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DOI: 10.1111/aehr.12135
Abstract: Scholars have found a positive relationship between the magnitude of currency depreciation and the extent of recovery from the Great Depression for Europe and Latin America. The relationship between currency depreciation and economic activity during… read more here.
Keywords: recovery; asian economies; currency depreciation; exchange rates ... See more keywords
Relationship Lending and the Great Depression
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DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_00899
Abstract: Abstract The collapse of long-term lending relationships amplified the Great Depression. We demonstrate this by developing a new measure of lending relationships that can be calculated from widely available data at any level of aggregation.… read more here.
Keywords: lending great; relationship; relationship lending; great depression ... See more keywords
Usurping the usable past: How Fox News remembered the Great Depression during the Great Recession
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DOI: 10.1177/1464884916636139
Abstract: This article examines how Fox News’ top-rated programs attempted to reshape the ‘collective memory’ of the Great Depression during the Great Recession. In their retelling of the Depression’s history, Fox News hosts proclaimed their kinship… read more here.
Keywords: depression; depression great; great recession; great depression ... See more keywords
"The Crash!": Writing the Great Depression in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited," "Emotional Bankruptcy," and "Crazy Sunday"
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DOI: 10.2979/jmodelite.42.1.06
Abstract: Abstract:Despite popular critical assumptions that F. Scott Fitzgerald was largely untouched by the stock market crash of 1929, he pays marked attention to it in his ledger, suggesting that he saw the 1929 crash as… read more here.
Keywords: crash; bankruptcy; emotional bankruptcy; fitzgerald ... See more keywords