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Working Papers

2010

1. Innovators: Architects
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Innovators: Filmmakers
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. Late Bloomers in the Arts and Sciences: Answers and Questions
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
4. Understanding Creativity
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Applied Economics (2010)

2009

5. Conceptual Revolutions in Twentieth-Century Art
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
   See also Book (2009)
6. Innovators: Songwriters
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
7. The Greatest Photographers of the Twentieth Century
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2008

8. From the New Wave to the New Hollywood: The Life Cycles of Important Movie Directors from Godard and Truffaut to Spielberg and Eastwood
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
9. Language in Visual Art: The Twentieth Century
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
10. Portraits of the Artist: Personal Visual Art in the Twentieth Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
11. The Back Story of Twentieth-Century Art
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
12. The Globalization of Advanced Art in the Twentieth Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
13. The Greatest Architects of the Twentieth Century: Goals, Methods, and Life Cycles
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
14. The Rise and (Partial) Fall of Abstract Painting in the Twentieth Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2007

15. Artists and the Market: From Leonardo and Titian to Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
16. Co-Authoring Advanced Art
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
17. From "White Christmas" to Sgt. Pepper: The Conceptual Revolution in Popular Music
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
18. Who Were the Greatest Women Artists of the Twentieth Century? A Quantitative Investigation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
19. Wisdom and Creativity in Old Age: Lessons from the Impressionists
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2006

20. A Conceptual World: Why the Art of the Twentieth Century is So Different From the Art of All Earlier Centuries
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
21. Analyzing Artistic Innovation: The Greatest Breakthroughs of the Twentieth Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
22. And Now for Something Completely Different: The Versatility of Conceptual Innovators
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
23. Painting by Proxy: The Conceptual Artist as Manufacturer
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
24. The Most Important Works of Art of the Twentieth Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
25. Two Paths to Abstract Art: Kandinsky and Malevich
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
26. You Cannot be Serious: The Conceptual Innovator as Trickster
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2005

27. Anticipating Artistic Success (or, How to Beat the Art Market): Lessons from History
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
28. Creative Careers: The Life Cycles of Nobel Laureates in Economics
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (30)
29. Do the Young British Artists Rule (or: Has London Stolen the Idea of Postmodern Art from New York?): Evidence from the Auction Market
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
30. Filming Images or Filming Reality: The Life Cycles of Movie Directors from D.W. Griffith to Federico Fellini
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
31. The Greatest Artists of the Twentieth Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
32. The Methods and Careers of Leading American Painters in the late Nineteenth Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
33. Toward Abstraction: Ranking European Painters of the Early Twentieth Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
34. Who Are the Greatest Living Artists? The View from the Auction Market
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2004

35. A Portrait of the Artist as a Very Young or Very Old Innovator: Creativity at the Extremes of the Life Cycle
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
36. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young or Old Innovator: Measuring the Careers of Modern Novelists
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
37. One Hit Wonders: Why Some of the Most Important Works of Modern Art are Not by Important Artists
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2003

38. Literary Life Cycles: The Careers of Modern American Poets
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
39. The Life Cycles of Modern Artists: Theory, Measurement, and Implications
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
40. The Reappearing Masterpiece: Ranking American Artists and Art Works of the Late Twentieth Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2002

41. Careers and Canvases: The Rise of the Market for Modern Art in the Nineteenth Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
42. The Life Cycles of Modern Artists
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in World Economics (2002)
43. The New York School vs. the School of Paris: Who Really Made the Most Important Art After World War II?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
44. Was Jackson Pollock the Greatest Modern American Painter? A Quantitative Investigation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2001

45. Masterpieces and Markets: Why the Most Famous Modern Paintings Are Not by American Artists
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
46. Measuring Masters and Masterpieces: French Rankings of French Painters and Paintings from Realism to Surrealism
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
47. Young Geniuses and Old Masters: The Life Cycles of Great Artists from Masaccio to Jasper Johns
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

1999

48. Age and the Quality of Work: The Case of Modern American Painters
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2000)
49. Quantifying Artistic Success: Ranking French Painters - and Paintings - from Impressionism to Cubism
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
50. The Lives of the Painters of Modern Life: The Careers of Artists in France from Impressionism to Cubism
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

1997

51. The Careers of Modern Artists: Evidence from Auctions of Contemporary Paintings
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

1991

52. Precedence and Wealth: Evidence from Nineteenth Century Utah
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Chapter (1992)

1989

53. Economic and Geographic Mobility on the Farming Frontier: Evidence from Appanoose County, Iowa 1850-1870
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)

1985

54. On the Age at Leaving Home in the Early Nineteenth Century: Evidence from the Lives of New England Manufacturers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1980

55. Literacy and Age in Preindustrial England: Quantitative Evidence and Implications
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article in Economic Development and Cultural Change (1981)

Undated

56. Log-Linear Analysis of Contingency Tables: An Introduction for Historians with an Application to Thernstrom on the 'Floating Proletariat.'
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
57. The Market Evaluation of Human Capital: The Case of Indentured Servitude
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1981)
58. White Servitude and the Growth of Black Slavery in Colonial America
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (1981)

Journal Articles

2018

1. Pricing revolution: From abstract expressionism to pop art
   Research in Economics, 2018, 72, (1), 86-100

2017

2. Economic History
   Journal of Political Economy, 2017, 125, (6), 1747 - 1752

2016

3. Pricing genius: The market evaluation of innovation
   Journal of Applied Economics, 2016, 19, 219-248 View citations (2)

2013

4. Experimental and Conceptual Innovators in the Sciences: The Cases of Darwin and Einstein
   Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, 2013, 46, (2), 102-112 View citations (1)

2010

5. Understanding Creativity
   Journal of Applied Economics, 2010, 13, 351-362
   See also Working Paper (2010)

2009

6. Old masters and young geniuses: The two life cycles of human creativity
   Journal of Applied Economics, 2009, 12, 1-9 View citations (13)

2006

7. Do the Young British Artists Rule?
   World Economics, 2006, 7, (1), 175-184

2005

8. Anticipating Artistic Success
   World Economics, 2005, 6, (2), 11-26 View citations (2)

2004

9. A Portrait of the Artists as Young or Old Innovators
   World Economics, 2004, 5, (4), 175-188 View citations (1)

2002

10. The Disappearing Masterpiece
    World Economics, 2002, 3, (4), 9-24
11. The Life Cycles of Modern Artists
    World Economics, 2002, 3, (3), 161-178 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2001

12. Creating Modern Art: The Changing Careers of Painters in France from Impressionism to Cubism
    American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (4), 1063-1071 View citations (45)

2000

13. Age and the Quality of Work: The Case of Modern American Painters
    Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 108, (4), 761-777 View citations (67)
    See also Working Paper (1999)
14. The Careers of Modern Artists
    Journal of Cultural Economics, 2000, 24, (2), 87-112 View citations (25)

1998

15. Nativity and Wealth in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Cities
    The Journal of Economic History, 1998, 58, (2), 468-493 View citations (32)

1995

16. Educational Opportunity on the Urban Frontier: Nativity, Wealth, and School Attendance in Early Chicago
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1995, 43, (3), 551-63 View citations (2)

1991

17. Chinese immigration: Reply to charles McClain
    Explorations in Economic History, 1991, 28, (2), 239-247
18. Economic Opportunity on the urban frontier: nativity, work, and wealth in early chicago
    The Journal of Economic History, 1991, 51, (3), 581-603 View citations (16)

1989

19. Economic and Geographic Mobility on the Farming Frontier: Evidence from Appanoose County, Iowa, 1850–1870
    The Journal of Economic History, 1989, 49, (3), 635-655 View citations (8)

1987

20. Chinese immigration and contract labor in the late nineteenth century
    Explorations in Economic History, 1987, 24, (1), 22-42 View citations (3)
21. Selling Art in Georgian London: The Rise of Arthur Pond. By Louise Lippincott. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983. Pp. xii, 212. $27.50
    The Journal of Economic History, 1987, 47, (2), 525-525
22. This Bittersweet Soil: The Chinese in California Agriculture, 1860–1910. By Sucheng Chan. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987. Pp. xxv, 503. $40.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1987, 47, (4), 1051-1052

1986

23. Latin America - Slave Populations of the British Caribbean, 1807–1834. By B. W. Higman. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984. Pp. xxxiii, 781. $65.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1986, 46, (3), 848-849

1985

24. Population Turnover in the English West Indies in the Late Seventeenth Century: A Comparative Perspective
    The Journal of Economic History, 1985, 45, (2), 227-235

1984

25. Pau Hana: Plantation Life and Labor in Hawaii. By Ronald Takaki. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1983. Pp. xiv, 213. $15.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1984, 44, (3), 891-892
26. The Rise and Fall of Indentured Servitude in the Americas: An Economic Analysis
    The Journal of Economic History, 1984, 44, (1), 1-26 View citations (27)
27. Tobacco Colony: Life in Early Maryland, 1650–1720. By Gloria L. Main. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1982. xv + 326 pp. $30.00.)
    Business History Review, 1984, 58, (1), 137-138

1983

28. Modern Europe - Approaches to the History of the Western Family, 1500–1914. By Michael Anderson. Studies in Economic and Social History. London: The Macmillan Press Ltd., 1980. Distributed in United States by Humanities Press, Inc., Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey. Pp. 96. $5.50 paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1983, 43, (4), 1008-1008
29. Servants in Husbandry in Early Modern England. By Ann Kussmaul. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981. Pp. xii, 233. $29.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1983, 43, (1), 318-319

1982

30. Artists and Artisans in Delft: A Socio-Economic Study of the Seventeenth Century. By John Michael Montias. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1982. pp. xvi, 424. $36.50 cloth, $16.50 paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1982, 42, (4), 936-937 View citations (1)
31. Measuring Charleston's Overseas Commerce, 1717–1767: Statistics from the Port's Naval List. By Converse D. Clowse. Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1981. Pp. x, 157. $20.50 cloth, $9.75 paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1982, 42, (3), 713-714
32. The Atlantic Slave Trade and the Barbados Market, 1673–1723
    The Journal of Economic History, 1982, 42, (3), 491-511 View citations (1)

1981

33. Literacy and Age in Preindustrial England: Quantitative Evidence and Implications
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1981, 29, (4), 813-29
    See also Working Paper (1980)
34. The Market Evaluation of Human Capital: The Case of Indentured Servitude
    Journal of Political Economy, 1981, 89, (3), 446-67 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper
35. White Servitude and the Growth of Black Slavery in Colonial America
    The Journal of Economic History, 1981, 41, (1), 39-47 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper

1979

36. The Slave Trade to the English West Indies, 1673-1724
    Economic History Review, 1979, 32, (2), 241-249

1977

37. Immigration and the colonial labor system an analysis of the length of indenture
    Explorations in Economic History, 1977, 14, (4), 360-377 View citations (4)

1975

38. Cattle Trailing in the Nineteenth Century: A Reply
    The Journal of Economic History, 1975, 35, (2), 461-466

1974

39. The End of the Chisholm Trail
    The Journal of Economic History, 1974, 34, (2), 350-364

Books

2009

1. Conceptual Revolutions in Twentieth-Century Art
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (7)
   Also in NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (8)
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2009) View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper (2009)

2002

2. Traders, Planters and Slaves
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press

Chapters

2007

1. Introduction to Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity
   A chapter in Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity, 2007 View citations (4)

1992

2. Precedence and Wealth: Evidence from Nineteenth-Century Utah
   A chapter in Strategic Factors in Nineteenth Century American Economic History: A Volume to Honor Robert W. Fogel, 1992, pp 225-241 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper (1991)