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London School of Economics : London, GB

2010-01-09 to present | Associate Professor (Economic History)
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Alejandra Irigoin

London School of Economics: London, GB

2024-09-30
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London School of Economics & Political Science

Education and qualifications (1)

London School of Economics: London, GB

1995-10-01 to 2000-02-06 | PhD (Economic History)
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Alejandra Irigoin

Funding (1)

How America shaped the Early Modern World. A global history of silver, 1500s-1800s

2017-10 to 2019-09 | Grant
Leverhulme Trust (London, UK , GB)
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Alejandra Irigoin

Works (43)

Respondentia: The alternative contract for global trade finance in the Early Modern period

2024 | Book chapter
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Sustaining Empire

Business History
2023-08-18 | Book review | Author
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China inside out

Economic History Working Papers
2023-07-01 | Working paper | Author
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Contributors: Alejandra Irigoin; Atsushi Kobayashi; David Chilosi
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London School of Economics & Political Science

Piece of eight

New World Objects of Knowledge
2021-04-30 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Alejandra Irigoin; Bridget Millmore
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Rise and demise of the global silver standard

Handbook of the History of Money and Currency
2020-03-10 | Book chapter | Author
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Rise and Demise of the Global Silver Standard

Handbook of the History of Money and Currency
2019-01-01 | Book chapter
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The new world and the global silver economy, 1500-1800

Global Economic History
2018-11-01 | Book chapter | Author
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The New World and the Global Silver Economy, 1500–1800

Global Economic History
2018-11-01 | Book chapter
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Global silver: bullion or specie? Supply and demand in the making of the early modern global economy

Economic History Working Papers
2018-09-01 | Working paper | Author
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Contributors: Alejandra Irigoin
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Global silver: Bullion or Specie? Supply and demand in the making of the early modern global economy

2018-01-10 | Working paper
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Representation without taxation, taxation without consent

Revista de Historia Economica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History
2016-09-01 | Journal article | Author
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Revisiting the legacy of colonialism in Africa, India and Latin America: an introduction

Revista de Historia Economica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History
2016-09-01 | Journal article | Author
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Spanish America, 1790-1830

Revue de l'OFCE
2015 | Journal article
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Contributors: Irigoin, A.
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Representation without taxation, taxation without consent. The legacy of Spanish colonialism in America

Economic History working papers
2015-12 | Working paper | Author
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Contributors: Alejandra Irigoin
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Bounded leviathan: fiscal constraints and financial development in the Early Modern Hispanic world

Question Credible Commitment: Perspectives on the Rise of Financial Capitalism
2013-09 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 9781107039018
Contributors: Alejandra Irigoin; Regina Grafe
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A trojan horse in Daoguang China? Explaining the flows of silver in and out of China

Economic History working papers
2013-01 | Working paper | Author
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Contributors: Alejandra Irigoin
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Absolutismo negociado: la trayectoria hispana en la formacion del estado y el imperio

El Secreto Del Imperio Español: Los Situados Coloniales En El Siglo Xviii
2012 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Alejandra Irigoin
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Bounded leviathan: Fiscal constraints and financial development in the early modern hispanic world

Questioning Credible Commitment: Perspectives on the Rise of Financial Capitalism
2012 | Book
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Contributors: Irigoin, A.; Grafe, R.
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Bounded Leviathan: or why North and Weingast are only right on the right half

Economic history working papers
2012 | Working paper | Author
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Contributors: Alejandra Irigoin; Regina Grafe
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Nuevos enfoques sobre la economia politica española en sus colonias americanas durante el siglo XVIII

Economía Política Desde Estambul a Potosí: Ciudades Estado, Imperios y Mercados En El Mediterráneo y En El Atlántico Ibérico, C.
2012 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 9788437088198
Contributors: Alejandra Irigoin; Regina Grafe
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Passing the buck: monetary and fiscal policies

A New Economic History of Argentina
2011 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 9780521822473
Contributors: Gerardo della Paolera; Alejandra Irigoin; Carlos G. Bózzoli
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A stakeholder empire

Economic History Review
2011-07-19 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Regina Grafe; Alejandra Irigoin
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Gresham a caballo: las raíces monetarias de la fragmentación política de la América española en el siglo XIX

Guerra, Finanzas y Regiones En la Historia Económica Del Perú.
2010 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Alejandra Irigoin
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Las raíces monetarias de la fragmentación política de la América española en el siglo XIX

Historia Mexicana
2010 | Journal article | Author
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Aspectos macroeconómicos de la independencia Hispanoamericana

Conflictos, Negociaciones y Comercio Durante Las Guerras De Independencia Latinoamericanas
2010-09 | Book chapter | Author
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Implicaciones políticas de la acuñación de moneda de plata en México, 1811-1856

Legajos: Boletin del Archivo General de la Nación
2009-10 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Alejandra Irigoin
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Gresham on horseback: the monetary roots of Spanish American political fragmentation in the nineteenth century1

Economic History Review
2009-08 | Journal article | Author
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The end of a silver era: the consequences of the breakdown of the Spanish Peso standard in China and the United States, 1780s–1850s

Journal of World History
2009-06 | Journal article | Author
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A stakeholder empire

Economic History Working Papers
2008-11 | Working paper | Author
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Contributors: Regina Grafe; Alejandra Irigoin
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Bargaining for absolutism: a Spanish path to nation-state and empire building

Hispanic American Historical Review
2008-05 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Alejandra Irigoin; Regina Grafe
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Response to Carlos Marichal and William Summerhill

Hispanic American Historical Review
2008-05 | Journal article | Author
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Ilusoria equidad: la reforma de las contribuciones directas en Buenos Aires, 1850

De Riqueza e Inequidad: el Problema De Las Contribuciones Directas en América Latina, Siglo Xix
2006 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Alejandra Irigoin
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Gresham on horseback: the monetary roots of Spanish American political fragmentation in the nineteenth century

Economic History Working Papers
2006-12 | Working paper | Author
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Contributors: Alejandra Irigoin
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Bargaining for absolutism: a Spanish path to nation state and empire building

University of Oxford discussion papers in economic and social history
2006-11 | Working paper | Author
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Contributors: Alejandra Irigoin; R. Grafe
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The Spanish Empire and its legacy: fiscal redistribution and political conflict in colonial and post-colonial Spanish America

Journal of Global History
2006-07 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Regina Grafe; Alejandra Irigoin
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The Spanish Empire and its legacy: fiscal re-distribution and political conflict in colonial and post-colonial Spanish America

Working Papers of the Global Economic History Network (GEHN)
2006-05 | Working paper | Author
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Contributors: Regina Grafe; Alejandra Irigoin
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La desintegración de la economia colonial en el Rio de la Plata: los efectos de la fragmentacion monetaria en Potosi y Buenos Aires, 1820 – 1860

Revista de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales
2004 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Alejandra Irigoin
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La expansión ganadera en la campaña de Buenos Aires, 1820s-1860s: una consecuencia de la financiación inflacionaria del deficit fiscal?

la Economía De Buenos Aires En El País De la Abundancia, 1750-1865
2004 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Alejandra Irigoin
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La desintegración de la economía colonial

la Desintegracion De la Economía Colonial: Comercio En El Interior Del Espacio Colonial (1800-1860)
2003 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Alejandra Irigoin; Roberto Schmit
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La desintegración de la economía colonial: comercio en el interior del espacio colonial (1800-1860)

2003 | Book | Editor
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Contributors: Alejandra Irigoin; Roberto Schmit
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La fabricación de moneda en Buenos Aires y Potosí y la transformación de la economía colonial en el Rio de la Plata entre 1820 y 1860

la Desintegracion De la Economía Colonial: Comercio En El Interior Del Espacio Colonial (1800-1860)
2003 | Book chapter | Author
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Macroeconomic aspects of Spanish American independence: the effects of fiscal and currency fragmentation, 1800s-1860s

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid working papers, economic history and institutions series
2003 | Working paper | Author
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Inconvertible paper money, inflation and economic performance in early nineteenth century Argentina

Journal of Latin American Studies
2000-05 | Journal article | Author
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