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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 (1998)
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
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (1998)

1990

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

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

2009

1. Agricultural productivity and rural incomes in England and the Yangtze Delta, c.1620-c.1820 -super-1
   Economic History Review, 2009, 62, (3), 525-550 View citations

2008

2. A Review of Gregory Clark's A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2008, 46, (4), 946-73
3. The Nitrogen Hypothesis and the English Agricultural Revolution: A Biological Analysis
   The Journal of Economic History, 2008, 68, (01), 182-210 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

2000

12. Economic structure and agricultural productivity in Europe, 1300 1800
    European Review of Economic History, 2000, 4, (01), 1-25 View citations

1999

13. Modern Europe Stalinism in a Russian Province. A Study of Collectivization and Dekulakization in Siberia. By James Hughes. London: MacMillan Press, Ltd., 1996. Pp. xv, 271. Industry, State, and Society in Stalin's Russia: 1926?1934. By David R. Shearer. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1996. Pp. xiv, 263. $42.50, cloth; $18.95, paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1999, 59, (02), 525-527

1998

14. Accounting for War: Soviet Production, Employment, and the Defense Burden, 1940?1945. By Mark Harrison. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. pp. xxiv, 338
    The Journal of Economic History, 1998, 58, (02), 588-590
15. Capital accumulation, the soft budget constraint and Soviet industrialisation
    European Review of Economic History, 1998, 2, (01), 1-24
    See also Working Paper (1997)
16. Peasant Rebels under Stalin: Collectivization and the Culture of Peasant Resistance. By Lynne Viola. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp. xii, 312
    The Journal of Economic History, 1998, 58, (02), 590-591
17. The Standard of Living in the Soviet Union, 1928?1940
    The Journal of Economic History, 1998, 58, (04), 1063-1089
    See also Working Paper (1997)

1997

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

1991

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

1988

21. Inferring Yields from Probate Inventories
    The Journal of Economic History, 1988, 48, (01), 117-125 View citations
22. On the Road Again with Arthur Young: English, Irish, and French Agriculture during the Industrial Revolution
    The Journal of Economic History, 1988, 48, (01), 93-116 View citations
23. The growth of labor productivity in early modern English agriculture
    Explorations in Economic History, 1988, 25, (2), 117-146 View citations

1987

24. Modern Europe Enclosures in Britain, 1750?1830. By Michael Turner. London: The Macmillan Press Ltd., for the Economic History Society, 1984. Pp. 96. $5.95 paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1987, 47, (02), 521-522

1983

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

1982

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

1981

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

Chapters

2003

1. Soviet Development in World-Historical Perspective, from Farm to Factory: A Reinterpretation of the Soviet Industrial Revolution
   A chapter in Farm to Factory: A Reinterpretation of the Soviet Industrial Revolution, 2003