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Working Papers
2010
- Innovators: Architects
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
- Innovators: Filmmakers
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
- Late Bloomers in the Arts and Sciences: Answers and Questions
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
- Understanding Creativity
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc 
See also Journal Article in Journal of Applied Economics (2010)
2009
- Conceptual Revolutions in Twentieth-Century Art
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
See also Book (2009)
- Innovators: Songwriters
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
- The Greatest Photographers of the Twentieth Century
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
2008
- 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)
- Language in Visual Art: The Twentieth Century
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
- Portraits of the Artist: Personal Visual Art in the Twentieth Century
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
- The Back Story of Twentieth-Century Art
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
- The Globalization of Advanced Art in the Twentieth Century
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
- The Greatest Architects of the Twentieth Century: Goals, Methods, and Life Cycles
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
- 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
- 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)
- Co-Authoring Advanced Art
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
- From "White Christmas" to Sgt. Pepper: The Conceptual Revolution in Popular Music
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
- Who Were the Greatest Women Artists of the Twentieth Century? A Quantitative Investigation
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
- Wisdom and Creativity in Old Age: Lessons from the Impressionists
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
2006
- 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
- Analyzing Artistic Innovation: The Greatest Breakthroughs of the Twentieth Century
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
- And Now for Something Completely Different: The Versatility of Conceptual Innovators
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
- Painting by Proxy: The Conceptual Artist as Manufacturer
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
- The Most Important Works of Art of the Twentieth Century
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
- Two Paths to Abstract Art: Kandinsky and Malevich
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
- You Cannot be Serious: The Conceptual Innovator as Trickster
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
2005
- Anticipating Artistic Success (or, How to Beat the Art Market): Lessons from History
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
- Creative Careers: The Life Cycles of Nobel Laureates in Economics
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (30)
- 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
- 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)
- The Greatest Artists of the Twentieth Century
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
- 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)
- Toward Abstraction: Ranking European Painters of the Early Twentieth Century
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- Literary Life Cycles: The Careers of Modern American Poets
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
- The Life Cycles of Modern Artists: Theory, Measurement, and Implications
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
- 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
- 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)
- The Life Cycles of Modern Artists
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc 
See also Journal Article in World Economics (2002)
- 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)
- Was Jackson Pollock the Greatest Modern American Painter? A Quantitative Investigation
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
2001
- Masterpieces and Markets: Why the Most Famous Modern Paintings Are Not by American Artists
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- Quantifying Artistic Success: Ranking French Painters - and Paintings - from Impressionism to Cubism
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
- 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
- The Careers of Modern Artists: Evidence from Auctions of Contemporary Paintings
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
1991
- Precedence and Wealth: Evidence from Nineteenth Century Utah
NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc 
See also Chapter (1992)
1989
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- Pricing revolution: From abstract expressionism to pop art
Research in Economics, 2018, 72, (1), 86-100
2017
- Economic History
Journal of Political Economy, 2017, 125, (6), 1747 - 1752
2016
- Pricing genius: The market evaluation of innovation
Journal of Applied Economics, 2016, 19, 219-248 View citations (2)
2013
- 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
- Understanding Creativity
Journal of Applied Economics, 2010, 13, 351-362 
See also Working Paper (2010)
2009
- Old masters and young geniuses: The two life cycles of human creativity
Journal of Applied Economics, 2009, 12, 1-9 View citations (13)
2006
- Do the Young British Artists Rule?
World Economics, 2006, 7, (1), 175-184
2005
- Anticipating Artistic Success
World Economics, 2005, 6, (2), 11-26 View citations (2)
2004
- A Portrait of the Artists as Young or Old Innovators
World Economics, 2004, 5, (4), 175-188 View citations (1)
2002
- The Disappearing Masterpiece
World Economics, 2002, 3, (4), 9-24
- The Life Cycles of Modern Artists
World Economics, 2002, 3, (3), 161-178 View citations (8)
See also Working Paper (2002)
2001
- 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
- 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)
- The Careers of Modern Artists
Journal of Cultural Economics, 2000, 24, (2), 87-112 View citations (25)
1998
- Nativity and Wealth in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Cities
The Journal of Economic History, 1998, 58, (2), 468-493 View citations (32)
1995
- 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
- Chinese immigration: Reply to charles McClain
Explorations in Economic History, 1991, 28, (2), 239-247
- 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
- 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
- Chinese immigration and contract labor in the late nineteenth century
Explorations in Economic History, 1987, 24, (1), 22-42 View citations (3)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- The Atlantic Slave Trade and the Barbados Market, 1673–1723
The Journal of Economic History, 1982, 42, (3), 491-511 View citations (1)
1981
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- The Slave Trade to the English West Indies, 1673-1724
Economic History Review, 1979, 32, (2), 241-249
1977
- 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
- Cattle Trailing in the Nineteenth Century: A Reply
The Journal of Economic History, 1975, 35, (2), 461-466
1974
- The End of the Chisholm Trail
The Journal of Economic History, 1974, 34, (2), 350-364
Books
2009
- 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
- Traders, Planters and Slaves
Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press
Chapters
2007
- 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
- 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)
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