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Working Papers

2007

1. Engel's Pause: A Pessimist's GUide to the British Industrial Revolution
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
2. How Prosperous were the Romans? Evidence from Diocletian's Price Edict (301 AD)
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
3. Pessimism Preserved: Real Wages in the British Industrial Revolution
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
4. The Industrial Revolution in Miniature: The Spinning Jenny in Britain, France, and India
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
5. Wages, Prices, and Living Standards in China,1738-1925: in comparison with Europe, Japan, and India
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics

2005

6. Capital Accumulation, Technological Change, and the Distribution of Income during the British Industrial Revolution
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations

1998

7. Paying for University Education in B.C
   UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics
8. The Employability of University Graduates in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education: Recent Statistical Evidence
   UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations

1997

9. A Multi-Sector Simulation Model of Siviet Economics Development
   UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics
10. Capital Accumulation, The Soft Budget Constraint and Soviet Industrialization
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics
    See Also Journal Article in European Review of Economic History (2006)
11. The Demand and Supply of Post-Secondary Education and Training in British Columbia
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics
12. The Standard of Living in the Soviet Union, 1928-1949
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics

1990

13. REAL INCOMES IN THE ENGLISH SPEAKING WORLD, 1879-1913
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics

Undated

14. The Economic Benefits of Post Secondary Training and Education in B.C.: An Outcome Assessment
    Old UBC Departmental Papers, UBC Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2008

1. The Nitrogen Hypothesis and the English Agricultural Revolution: A Biological Analysis
   The Journal of Economic History, 2008, 68, (01), 182-210

2006

2. Capital accumulation, the soft budget constraint and Soviet industrialisation
   European Review of Economic History, 2006, 2, (01), 1-24
   See Also Working Paper (1997)
3. Economic structure and agricultural productivity in Europe, 1300 1800
   European Review of Economic History, 2006, 4, (01), 1-25 View citations

2005

4. A Reassessment of the Soviet Industrial Revolution1
   Comparative Economic Studies, 2005, 47, (2), 315-332

2004

5. Saving the Whales: Lessons from the Extinction of the Eastern Arctic Bowhead
   The Journal of Economic History, 2004, 64, (02), 400-432 View citations

2003

6. Progress and poverty in early modern Europe
   Economic History Review, 2003, 56, (3), 403-443 View citations

2001

7. 2000 ECONOMIC HISTORY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING
   The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (02), 532-535
8. Globalization and History: The Evolution of a Nineteenth-Century Atlantic Economy. By Kevin H. O'Rourke and Jeffrey G. Williamson. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999. Pp. xii, 343. $45.00
   The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (01), 256-259
9. The First Great Whale Extinction: The End of the Bowhead Whale in the Eastern Arctic
   Explorations in Economic History, 2001, 38, (4), 448-477
10. The Great Divergence in European Wages and Prices from the Middle Ages to the First World War
    Explorations in Economic History, 2001, 38, (4), 411-447 View citations
11. The rise and decline of the Soviet economy
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2001, 34, (4), 859-881 View citations

1997

12. Agricultural Marketing and the Possibilities for Industrialization in the Soviet Union in the 1930s
    Explorations in Economic History, 1997, 34, (4), 387-410
13. Agriculture and the Origins of the State in Ancient Egypt
    Explorations in Economic History, 1997, 34, (2), 135-154 View citations

1991

14. Labor productivity and farm size in English agriculture before mechanization: Reply to Clark
    Explorations in Economic History, 1991, 28, (4), 478-492

1988

15. The growth of labor productivity in early modern English agriculture
    Explorations in Economic History, 1988, 25, (2), 117-146 View citations

1983

16. Collective invention
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1983, 4, (1), 1-24 View citations

1982

17. The Efficiency and Distributional Consequences of Eighteenth Century Enclosures
    Economic Journal, 1982, 92, (368), 937-53

1981

18. Accounting for Price Changes: American Steel Rails, 1879-1910
    Journal of Political Economy, 1981, 89, (3), 512-28
19. Direct versus Implicit Superlative Index Number Formulae
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1981, 63, (3), 430-35 View citations