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Working Papers

2021

1. Infrastructure killed the electric car
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Infrastructure killed the electric car, Nature Energy, Nature (2021) View citations (3) (2021)

2019

2. The sources of growth in a technologically progressive economy: the United States, 1899‐1941
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (3)
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2017)
   CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2017) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article The Sources of Growth in a Technologically Progressive Economy: The United States, 1899–1941, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2019) View citations (12) (2019)

2017

3. The Sources of Growth in a Technologically Progressive Economy
   GGDC Research Memorandum, Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen View citations (2)

2015

4. A Vision of the Growth Process in a Technologically Progressive Economy: the United States, 1899-1941
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (10)
   Also in The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics (2015) View citations (8)
   Economic Research Papers, University of Warwick - Department of Economics (2015) View citations (8)
   CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2015) View citations (7)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2015)

2014

5. How they made news pay: news traders’ quest for crisis-resistant business models
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
6. Soft power: the media industries in Britain since 1870
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library

2013

7. Money for nothing: how firms have financed R&D-projects since the Industrial Revolution
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2013) View citations (28)
   See also Journal Article Money for nothing: How firms have financed R&D-projects since the Industrial Revolution, Research Policy, Elsevier (2013) View citations (26) (2013)

2012

8. Adopting the rights-based model: music multinationals and local music industries since 1945
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
9. Sunk costs and the dynamics of creative industries
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library

2009

10. Time and productivity growth in services: how motion pictures industrialized entertainment
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library

2007

11. Structural change and the growth contribution of services: how motion pictures industrialized US spectator entertainment
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
12. The evolution of entertainment consumption and the emergence of cinema, 1890-1940
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
    Also in Working Papers, Economic History Society (2005)
    See also Chapter The Evolution of Entertainment Consumption and the Emergence of Cinema, 1890–1940, Advances in Austrian Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2007) (2007)

2004

13. At the origins of increased productivity growth in services. Productivity, social savings and the consumer surplus of the film industry, 1900-1938
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library

2003

14. The decline and fall of the European film industry: sunk costs, market size and market structure, 1890-1927
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
    See also Journal Article The decline and fall of the European film industry: sunk costs, market size, and market structure, 1890–1927, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2005) View citations (14) (2005)

Journal Articles

2021

1. Infrastructure killed the electric car
   Nature Energy, 2021, 6, (10), 947-948 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Infrastructure killed the electric car, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2021) View citations (1) (2021)

2019

2. The Sources of Growth in a Technologically Progressive Economy: The United States, 1899–1941
   The Economic Journal, 2019, 129, (622), 2267-2294 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper The sources of growth in a technologically progressive economy: the United States, 1899‐1941, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2019) View citations (3) (2019)

2013

3. Money for nothing: How firms have financed R&D-projects since the Industrial Revolution
   Research Policy, 2013, 42, (10), 1793-1814 View citations (26)
   See also Working Paper Money for nothing: how firms have financed R&D-projects since the Industrial Revolution, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2013) (2013)

2012

4. How Motion Pictures Industrialized Entertainment
   The Journal of Economic History, 2012, 72, (4), 1036-1063 View citations (8)

2011

5. From Betamax to Blockbuster: video stores and the invention of movies on video
   Business History, 2011, 53, (3), 472-474

2010

6. Creative urban milieus: historical perspectives on culture, economy, and the city – Edited by Martina Heßler and Clemens Zimmermann
   Economic History Review, 2010, 63, (2), 567-568
7. Global Experience Industries: The Business of the Experience Economy. By Jens Christensen. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 2009. 454 pp. Figures, tables, notes, index. Paper, $64.00. ISBN: 978-87-7934-432-7
   Business History Review, 2010, 84, (3), 625-626
8. Networks of Entertainment: Early Film Distribution, 1895–1915. Edited by Frank Kessler and Nanna Verhoejf. Eastleigh: John Libbey, 2007. viii + 344 pp. Illustrations, notes. Paper, $27.95. ISBN: 0–861–96681–3
   Business History Review, 2010, 84, (1), 172-174

2006

9. The Making of a Music Multinational: PolyGram's International Businesses, 1945–1998
   Business History Review, 2006, 80, (1), 81-123 View citations (4)

2005

10. The decline and fall of the European film industry: sunk costs, market size, and market structure, 1890–1927
    Economic History Review, 2005, 58, (2), 310-351 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper The decline and fall of the European film industry: sunk costs, market size and market structure, 1890-1927, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2003) (2003)

2004

11. Quarter notes and bank notes: the economics of music composition in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
    Economic History Review, 2004, 57, (4), 796-797
12. Selling French Films on Foreign Markets: The International Strategy of a Medium-Sized Film Company
    Enterprise & Society, 2004, 5, (1), 45-76 View citations (7)

2003

13. Building Knowledge about the Consumer: The Emergence of Market Research in the Motion Picture Industry
    Business History, 2003, 45, (1), 101-127 View citations (10)
14. Entertainment Industrialized: The Emergence of the International Film Industry, 1890–1940
    Enterprise & Society, 2003, 4, (4), 579-585 View citations (1)

2002

15. David W. Galenson. Painting Outside the Lines: Patterns of Creativity in Modern Art. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2001. xvi + 251 pp. ISBN 0-674-00612-7, $29.95
    Enterprise & Society, 2002, 3, (4), 735-737

2001

16. Richard E. Caves. Creative Industries: Contracts between Art and Commerce. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2000. ix + 454 pp. ISBN 0-674-00164-8, $45.00. - Lary May. The Big Tomorrow: Hollywood and the Politics of the American Way. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. xvi + 348 pp. ISBN 0-226-51162-6, $32.50
    Enterprise & Society, 2001, 2, (2), 392-395
17. Stars and Stories: How Films Became Branded Products
    Enterprise & Society, 2001, 2, (3), 461-502 View citations (12)

2000

18. Book Reviews
    Business History, 2000, 42, (4), 222-223
19. Book Reviews
    Business History, 2000, 42, (3), 172-174

Books

2011

1. Entertainment Industrialised
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (11)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2008)

Chapters

2018

1. Innovation and Technical Change
   Palgrave Macmillan
2. Productivity, Innovation and Social Savings
   Palgrave Macmillan

2011

3. Leisure Time, Cinema and the Structure of Household Entertainment Expenditure, 1890–1940
   Chapter 16 in Handbook on the Economics of Leisure, 2011 View citations (1)

2007

4. The Evolution of Entertainment Consumption and the Emergence of Cinema, 1890–1940
   A chapter in The Evolution of Consumption: Theories and Practices, 2007, pp 93-137
   See also Working Paper The evolution of entertainment consumption and the emergence of cinema, 1890-1940, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2007) (2007)