Research Group on Economic Development in Historical Perspective

Description

The Economic Development in a Historical Perspective (EHVALENCIA) research group brings together all 12 PhD researchers and professors from the History and Economic Institutions Area of the Universitat de València's Department of Economic Analysis.

The research work of most of the group members is part of two research projects financed by the MCNN's national programme of research projects of excellence (ECO2015-65049-C12-1-P and ECO2015-66782-P). Both projects are led by researchers from EHVALENCIA (Daniel Tirado is the PI for one of them and Concepción Betrán and María Ángeles Pons are the PIs for the second one) and, together with them, four other members of the Economic Development in Historical Perspective (EHVALENCIA) research group (Antonio Cubel, Joaquim Cuevas, Julio Martínez-Galarraga and Teresa Sanchis-Llopis) form part of their research teams. The other members of the group (Joaquín Azagra, Pablo Cervera, Salvador Calatayud, Yadira González de Lara, Francisco Medina) are part of the research teams of competitive projects directed from other Spanish universities (such as UAB) or other departments of the Universitat de València itself. In addition, the group also leads a competitive research project directed from the Universitat de València and financed by the Bank of Spain.

The quality of the research of EHVALENCIA's members has enabled them to participate regularly in research structures such as large national and international research networks (Xarxa de Referència d'I+D+I en Economia i Polítiques Públiques de la Generalitat de Catalunya, ESF Network-Globaleuronet), research projects of the EU framework programme (Jean Monnet Projects), have organised national and international scientific meetings of recognised prestige and impact in their area of study (Iberometrics, ESF-Globaleuronet Workshops, FRESH Meetings), or have been invited to participate on a regular basis in Postgraduate Programmes of Excellence such as the Inter-University Master's Degree in Economic History UB-UAB-UZ, the PhD in Economics UB, the Inter-University PhD in Economic History UB-UC3M or the PhD in Economics UZ.

As a result of this solid research and research training, the group Economic Development in Historical Perspective (EHVALENCIA) runs the MCNN's Research Network of Excellence ‘Globalización, Crecimiento y Desigualdad (S XIX-XXI)’ (Globalisation, Growth and Inequality (S XIX-XXI)) (ECO2015-71534-REDT). This research structure brings together the 8 most relevant research groups in Economic History from the whole of Spain.

The results of this research work have been disseminated through the publication, in the last 5 years, of more than 25 articles in journals indexed in the JCR, 15 of which are located in Q1 of the areas of History of Social Sciences or Economics.

Goals CT

Analysis of the processes of economic development in historical perspective Institutions, Globalisation and technological change.

Research lines

Long-term Regional Economic Growth: Europe and Latin America
Analysis of the processes of regional economic growth in the historical experiences of European and Latin American countries. Impact of growth on territorial inequality. Impact of public policies on regional development in Europe and Latin America.
Agricultural and food history
This line studies the agricultural transformations in contemporary Spain, with the aim of influencing recent debates on the degree of development of the primary sector, its characteristics and its contribution to the industrialisation process.
History of Economic Thought
Study of the historical evolution of economic theory and its impact on the process of economic development in Spain.
Economic and financial crises in the history of Spain
The main objective of this line of research is to analyse the main financial and economic crises and their impact and the economic policy responses adopted after the economic crises in Spain throughout history.
Global Inequality in Historical Perspective
Analysis of the impact of growth processes on personal inequality in income distribution and on inequality between countries. Historical determinants of global inequality and the impact of public policies.
Economic growth: productivity and industrial location
Study of the causes of the economic growth of the Spanish economy and the way out of the vicious circle of backwardness in history. The research deals with different questions to explain economic growth and industrial progress in Spain.
Financial, monetary and banking history
Analysis of the agents, markets and institutions that make up the modern financial system, i.e. from its beginnings in the 19th century to the present day.
Determinants of Long-term Economic Growth: Institutions, Economic Integration and Technology
Historical analysis of the profound determinants of economic growth in Europe and Latin America. Relations between institutional change and technological development.
Globalisation (1870-2000): pay gap and the labour market
The study of the impact of the first globalisation (1880-1913) and technology: on the labour market and on pay gap in the first and second globalisation (1980)
Trade and economic growth
The impact of international trade on economic growth through the construction of a highly disaggregated database. The higher level of disaggregation makes it possible to distinguish between the number of goods traded, as well as the destinations, and the values (unit quantities and values).