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Working Papers

2024

1. Gaining Steam: Incumbent Lock-in and Entrant Leapfrogging
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Historical Differences in Female-Owned Manufacturing Establishments: The United States, 1850-1880
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. Identifying Agglomeration Shadows: Long-Run Evidence from Ancient Ports
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)
   Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2024) View citations (2)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2024)
   Working Papers, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics (2024) View citations (2)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024) View citations (2)

2023

4. One Giant Leap: Emancipation and Aggregate Economic Gains
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2020

5. Dust Bowl Migrants: Identifying an Archetype
   Working Papers, Becker Friedman Institute for Research In Economics View citations (13)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (13)

2019

6. Estimating Who Benefits from Productivity Growth: Direct and Indirect Effects of City Manufacturing TFP Growth on Wages, Rents, and Inequality
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
7. Railroads, Reallocation, and the Rise of American Manufacturing
   2019 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (33)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (33)

2018

8. Who Benefits From Productivity Growth? Direct and Indirect Effects of Local TFP Growth on Wages, Rents, and Inequality
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (37)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (36)

2014

9. (Measured) Profit is Not Welfare: Evidence from an Experiment on Bundling Microcredit and Insurance
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (7)
10. Creative Destruction: Barriers to Urban Growth and the Great Boston Fire of 1872
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article Creative Destruction: Barriers to Urban Growth and the Great Boston Fire of 1872, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2017) View citations (101) (2017)
11. How Much do Existing Borrowers Value Microfinance? Evidence from an Experiment on Bundling Microcredit and Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article How Much do Existing Borrowers Value Microfinance? Evidence from an Experiment on Bundling Microcredit and Insurance, Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science (2018) View citations (10) (2018)

2013

12. Railroads and American Economic Growth: A "Market Access" Approach
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (60)
    See also Journal Article Railroads and American Economic Growth: A "Market Access" Approach, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2016) View citations (397) (2016)

2012

13. Does Agriculture Generate Local Economic Spillovers? Short-run and Long-run Evidence from the Ogallala Aquifer
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Does Agriculture Generate Local Economic Spillovers? Short-Run and Long-Run Evidence from the Ogallala Aquifer, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2015) View citations (32) (2015)
14. The Enduring Impact of the American Dust Bowl: Short- and Long-Run Adjustments to Environmental Catastrophe
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (290)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article The Enduring Impact of the American Dust Bowl: Short- and Long-Run Adjustments to Environmental Catastrophe, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2012) View citations (294) (2012)
15. When the Levee Breaks: Black Migration and Economic Development in the American South
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article When the Levee Breaks: Black Migration and Economic Development in the American South, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2014) View citations (186) (2014)

2011

16. Being Surveyed Can Change Later Behavior and Related Parameter Estimates
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (65)
17. The Evolving Impact of the Ogallala Aquifer: Agricultural Adaptation to Groundwater and Climate
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)

2010

18. Barbed Wire: Property Rights and Agricultural Development
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (125)
    See also Journal Article Barbed Wire: Property Rights and Agricultural Development, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2010) View citations (134) (2010)
19. Identifying Agglomeration Spillovers: Evidence from Winners and Losers of Large Plant Openings
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (623)
    Also in Working Paper, Harvard University OpenScholar View citations (329)
    See also Journal Article Identifying Agglomeration Spillovers: Evidence from Winners and Losers of Large Plant Openings, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2010) View citations (624) (2010)

2008

20. Identifying Agglomeration Spillovers: Evidence from Million Dollar Plants
    Working Paper series, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis View citations (46)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (76)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Estimating Who Benefits from Productivity Growth: Local and Distant Effects of City Productivity Growth on Wages, Rents, and Inequality
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 106, (3), 587-607 View citations (1)
2. Growth Off the Rails: Aggregate Productivity Growth in Distorted Economies
   Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 132, (11), 3547 - 3602

2023

3. Dust Bowl Migrants: Environmental Refugees and Economic Adaptation
   The Journal of Economic History, 2023, 83, (3), 645-675 View citations (1)

2018

4. How Much do Existing Borrowers Value Microfinance? Evidence from an Experiment on Bundling Microcredit and Insurance
   Economica, 2018, 85, (340), 671-700 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper How Much do Existing Borrowers Value Microfinance? Evidence from an Experiment on Bundling Microcredit and Insurance, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (4) (2014)

2017

5. Creative Destruction: Barriers to Urban Growth and the Great Boston Fire of 1872
   American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (6), 1365-98 View citations (101)
   See also Working Paper Creative Destruction: Barriers to Urban Growth and the Great Boston Fire of 1872, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (17) (2014)

2016

6. Economic Dynamics in the Malthusian Era: Evidence from the 1609 Spanish Expulsion of the Moriscos
   Economic Journal, 2016, 126, (594), 1404-1440 View citations (51)
7. Railroads and American Economic Growth: A "Market Access" Approach
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2016, 131, (2), 799-858 View citations (397)
   See also Working Paper Railroads and American Economic Growth: A "Market Access" Approach, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (60) (2013)

2015

8. Does Agriculture Generate Local Economic Spillovers? Short-Run and Long-Run Evidence from the Ogallala Aquifer
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2015, 7, (2), 192-213 View citations (32)
   See also Working Paper Does Agriculture Generate Local Economic Spillovers? Short-run and Long-run Evidence from the Ogallala Aquifer, NBER Working Papers (2012) View citations (13) (2012)

2014

9. Bundling Health Insurance and Microfinance in India: There Cannot Be Adverse Selection If There Is No Demand
   American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (5), 291-97 View citations (41)
10. The Historically Evolving Impact of the Ogallala Aquifer: Agricultural Adaptation to Groundwater and Drought
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2014, 6, (1), 190-219 View citations (105)
11. When the Levee Breaks: Black Migration and Economic Development in the American South
    American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (3), 963-90 View citations (186)
    See also Working Paper When the Levee Breaks: Black Migration and Economic Development in the American South, NBER Working Papers (2012) View citations (7) (2012)

2012

12. Nature versus Nurture: The Environment's Persistent Influence through the Modernization of American Agriculture
    American Economic Review, 2012, 102, (3), 245-49 View citations (11)
13. The Enduring Impact of the American Dust Bowl: Short- and Long-Run Adjustments to Environmental Catastrophe
    American Economic Review, 2012, 102, (4), 1477-1507 View citations (294)
    See also Working Paper The Enduring Impact of the American Dust Bowl: Short- and Long-Run Adjustments to Environmental Catastrophe, Scholarly Articles (2012) View citations (290) (2012)
14. The Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the United States. By Mark Fiege. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2012. Pp. xii, 584. $34.95, hardcover
    The Journal of Economic History, 2012, 72, (4), 1120-1121

2010

15. Barbed Wire: Property Rights and Agricultural Development
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2010, 125, (2), 767-810 View citations (134)
    See also Working Paper Barbed Wire: Property Rights and Agricultural Development, Scholarly Articles (2010) View citations (125) (2010)
16. Identifying Agglomeration Spillovers: Evidence from Winners and Losers of Large Plant Openings
    Journal of Political Economy, 2010, 118, (3), 536-598 View citations (624)
    See also Working Paper Identifying Agglomeration Spillovers: Evidence from Winners and Losers of Large Plant Openings, Scholarly Articles (2010) View citations (623) (2010)