Phillips (1958) investigated business cycles from 1861 to 1957.
Whether the Phillips curve ever really existed or not, the data on
inflation and unemployment tells important stories about business cycles.
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Italy
Phillips, A. W. H. "The Relation between Unemployment and the
Rate of Change of Money Wage Rates in the United Kingdom, 1861-1957."
Economica NS 25, no. 2 (1958): 283-99.