Details about Mark Tooru Kanazawa

Access statistics for papers by Mark Tooru Kanazawa.

Last updated 2026-10-15. Update your information in the RePEc Author Service.

Short-id: pka1455

Working Papers

2025

1. Politics and Institutional change: The Water Commission Act of 1913
   Working Papers, Carleton College, Department of Economics
   Also in Working Papers, Carleton College, Department of Economics (2024)
   See also Journal Article Politics and institutional change: The Water Commission Act of 1913, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2026) (2026)

2023

2. Politics and eminent domain: Evidence from the 1879 California Constitution
   Working Papers, Carleton College, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Politics and eminent domain: Evidence from the 1879 California constitution, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2022

3. The efficiency of occupational licensing during the Gilded and Progressive eras: Evidence from judicial reviews
   Working Papers, Carleton College, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article The Efficiency of Occupational Licensing during the Gilded and Progressive Eras: Evidence from Judicial Review, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2023) (2023)

2019

4. Transaction Costs in Water Transfers: The issue of local control
   Working Papers, Carleton College, Department of Economics

2018

5. Judicial Deference and the Efficiency of the Common Law
   Working Papers, Carleton College, Department of Economics

2017

6. Who Actually Benefits from Changes in Legal Standards? Evidence from Water Disputes in 19th Century California?
   Working Papers, Carleton College, Department of Economics

2016

7. Local consequences of climate change: State park visitations on the North Shore of Minnesota
   Working Papers, Carleton College, Department of Economics
8. Precedent and the content of the law: Lessons from the evolution of groundwater law in early 20th century California
   Working Papers, Carleton College, Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2026

1. Politics and institutional change: The Water Commission Act of 1913
   Explorations in Economic History, 2026, 101, (C)
   See also Working Paper Politics and Institutional change: The Water Commission Act of 1913, Working Papers (2025) (2025)

2023

2. Politics and eminent domain: Evidence from the 1879 California constitution
   Explorations in Economic History, 2023, 90, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Politics and eminent domain: Evidence from the 1879 California Constitution, Working Papers (2023) View citations (1) (2023)
3. The Efficiency of Occupational Licensing during the Gilded and Progressive Eras: Evidence from Judicial Review
   The Journal of Economic History, 2023, 83, (4), 1221-1252
   See also Working Paper The efficiency of occupational licensing during the Gilded and Progressive eras: Evidence from judicial reviews, Working Papers (2022) (2022)

2016

4. Natural Resources and Economic Growth: Learning from History. Edited by Marc Badia-Miro, Vicente Pinilla, and Henry Willebald. London: Routledge, 2015. Pp. xix, 374. $160.00, cloth
   The Journal of Economic History, 2016, 76, (4), 1278-1279
5. Shifting demand for winter outdoor recreation along the North Shore of Lake Superior under variable rates of climate change: A finite-mixture modeling approach
   Ecological Economics, 2016, 123, (C), 1-13 View citations (16)

2006

6. Investment in private water development: Property rights and contractual opportunism during the California Gold Rush
   Explorations in Economic History, 2006, 43, (2), 357-381 View citations (1)

2005

7. Immigration, Exclusion, and Taxation: Anti-Chinese Legislation in Gold Rush California
   The Journal of Economic History, 2005, 65, (3), 779-805 View citations (10)

2003

8. Origins of Common-Law Restrictions on Water Transfers: Groundwater Law in Nineteenth-Century California
   The Journal of Legal Studies, 2003, 32, (1), 153-180 View citations (3)
9. Water and American Government: The Reclamation Bureau, National Water Policy, and the West, 1902–1935. By Donald J. Pisani. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. Pp. xviii, 394. $49.95
   The Journal of Economic History, 2003, 63, (3), 906-908

2001

10. Land in the American West: Private Claims and the Common Good. Edited by William G. Robbins and James C. Foster. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2000. Pp. xi, 222. $20.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (2), 559-560
11. Racial Discrimination in Professional Basketball: Evidence from Nielsen Ratings
    Economic Inquiry, 2001, 39, (4), 599-608 View citations (93)

2000

12. United States and Canada - lrrigated Eden: The Making of an Agricultural Landscape in the American West. By Mark Fiege. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1999. Pp. xv, 323, $35.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 2000, 60, (1), 306-307

1998

13. Efficiency in Western Water Law: The Development of the California Doctrine, 1850-1911
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 1998, 27, (1), 159-85 View citations (15)

1997

14. Reclaiming the Arid West: The Career of Francis G. Newlands. By William D. Rowley. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996. Pp. xiii, 199. $27.50
    The Journal of Economic History, 1997, 57, (2), 568-569

1996

15. Possession is Nine Points of the Law: The Political Economy of Early Public Land Disposal
    Explorations in Economic History, 1996, 33, (2), 227-249 View citations (13)

1994

16. Flooding the Courtrooms: Law and Water in the Far West. By M. Catherine Miller. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1993. Pp. 255. $45.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1994, 54, (1), 228-229
17. WATER SUBSIDIES, WATER TRANSFERS, AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 1994, 12, (2), 112-122 View citations (4)

1993

18. Pricing Subsidies and Economic Efficiency: The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1993, 36, (1), 205-34 View citations (7)

Books

2015

1. Golden Rules
   University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (1)

Chapters

2008

1. Taxation with (?) representation: The political economy of public finance in antebellum California
   A chapter in Research in Economic History, 2008, pp 205-233

1994

2. The Origins of State Railroad Regulation: The Illinois Constitution of 1870
   A chapter in The Regulated Economy: A Historical Approach to Political Economy, 1994, pp 13-54 View citations (3)