Includes bibliographical references.

A century of environmental legislation / Louis Cain, Brooks Kaiser -- The measurement of production: lessons from the engineering industry in Italy, 1911 / Stefano Fenoaltea -- Is paper money just paper money? experimentation and variation in the paper monies issued by the American colonies from 1690 to 1775 / Farley Grubb -- New quantitative estimates of long-term military spending in Spain (1850-2009) / Oriol Sabate -- Health, gender and the household: children's growth in the Marcella Street Home, Boston, MA and the Ashford School, London, UK / Eric Schneider -- Entry, competition, and terms of credit in early American banking / Ta-Chen Wang.

Research in Economic History is a refereed journal, specializing in economic history, in the form of a book. This volume contains Louis Cain and Brooks Kaiser, "A Century of Environmental Legislation"; Stefano Fenoaltea, "The Measurement of Production: Lessons from the Engineering Industry in Italy, 1911"; Farley Grubb, "Is Paper Money Just Paper Money? Experimentation and Variation in Paper Monies Issued by the American Colonies from 1690 to 1775"; Oriol Sabate, "New Quantitative Estimates of Long-Term Military Spending in Spain, 1850-2009"; Eric Schneider, "Health, Gender and the Household: Children's Growth in the Marcella Street Home, Boston MA and the Ashford School, London, UK"; Ta-Chen Wang, "Entry, Competition and Terms of Credit in Early American Banking."