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Working Papers

2020

1. Openness to Trade and the Spread of Industrialization: Evidence from Canada during the First Era of Globalization
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2018

2. Responding to the First Era of Globalization: Canadian Trade Policy, 1870–1913
   Staff Working Papers, Bank of Canada
   See also Journal Article Responding to the First Era of Globalization: Canadian Trade Policy, 1870–1913, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2019) View citations (3) (2019)

2017

3. The Welfare Effects of Protection: A General Equilibrium Analysis of Canada’s National Policy
   Staff Working Papers, Bank of Canada

2010

4. The Impact Of Commodity Price Volatility On Resource Intensive Economies
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (1)

2008

5. Resource Intensive Production And Aggregate Economic Performance
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

2007

6. Resource Rents and their Impact on Institutional and Economic Development
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

2006

7. Assessing Economic Performance Among North American Manufacturing Establishments, 1870/71: Data, Methodology And Measurement Issues
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (2)
8. Enabling The Visible Hand
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (1)

2002

9. Financial Markets And Twentieth Century Industrialization: Evidence From U.s. And Canadian Steel Producers
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (1)

2001

10. An Empty Promise: Average Cost Savings And Scale Economies Among Canadian And American Manufacturers, 1910-1998
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

Journal Articles

2024

1. The impact of preferential market access: British imports into Canada, 1892–1903
   Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2024, 57, (1), 140-164 View citations (1)

2022

2. Globalization and the spread of industrialization in Canada, 1871–1891
   Explorations in Economic History, 2022, 86, (C) View citations (2)

2021

3. Recognizing Indigenous Rights in Canada: Property Rights and Natural Resource Values
   Canadian Public Policy, 2021, 47, (1), 18-55

2019

4. Protection for maturing industries: Evidence from Canadian trade patterns and trade policy, 18701913
   Canadian Journal of Economics, 2019, 52, (4), 1464-1496 View citations (1)
   Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2019, 52, (4), 1464-1496 (2019) View citations (2)
5. Responding to the First Era of Globalization: Canadian Trade Policy, 1870–1913
   The Journal of Economic History, 2019, 79, (3), 826-861 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Responding to the First Era of Globalization: Canadian Trade Policy, 1870–1913, Staff Working Papers (2018) (2018)

2018

6. A general equilibrium analysis of Canada’s national policy
   Explorations in Economic History, 2018, 68, (C), 1-15 View citations (7)

2017

7. Contributions to Canadian economic history: The last 30 years
   Canadian Journal of Economics, 2017, 50, (5), 1632-1657 View citations (2)
   Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2017, 50, (5), 1632-1657 (2017) View citations (2)

2015

8. Immunity from the resource curse? The long run impact of commodity price volatility: evidence from Canada, 1900–2005
   Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2015, 9, (3), 333-358 View citations (2)
9. Protecting infant industries: Canadian manufacturing and the national policy, 1870–1913
   Explorations in Economic History, 2015, 56, (C), 15-31 View citations (15)
10. Transport Costs and Trade Volumes: Evidence from the Trans-Atlantic Iron Trade, 1870–1913
    The Journal of Economic History, 2015, 75, (1), 95-124 View citations (10)

2013

11. Trade policy and industrial development: iron and steel in a small open economy, 18701913
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2013, 46, (4), 1265-1294 View citations (10)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2013, 46, (4), 1265-1294 (2013) View citations (5)

2012

12. Diverse paths to industrial development: evidence from late-nineteenth-century Canada
    European Review of Economic History, 2012, 16, (3), 311-333 View citations (7)

2011

13. Property Rights, Resource Access, and Long‐Run Growth
    Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2011, 8, (4), 792-829 View citations (1)

2010

14. Technological and Organizational Change and the Employment of Women: Early Twentieth-Century Evidence from the Ohio Manufacturing Sector
    Feminist Economics, 2010, 16, (1), 129-157 View citations (3)

2009

15. Resource Specialization and Economic Performance: A Canadian Case Study, 1970-2005
    Canadian Public Policy, 2009, 35, (3), 291-313 View citations (4)

2008

16. The devil is in the details: assessing early industrial performance across international borders using late nineteenth century North American manufacturers as a case study
    Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2008, 2, (2), 85-117 View citations (2)

2007

17. The Engine or the Caboose? Resource Industries and Twentieth-Century Canadian Economic Performance
    The Journal of Economic History, 2007, 67, (1), 1-32 View citations (15)

2005

18. Bigger establishments in thicker markets: can we explain early productivity differentials between Canada and the United States?
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2005, 38, (4), 1327-1363 View citations (4)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2005, 38, (4), 1327-1363 (2005) View citations (4)

2004

19. Aboriginal Rights, Customary Law and the Economics of Renewable Resource Exploitation
    Canadian Public Policy, 2004, 30, (1), 1-27 View citations (2)
20. Saving the Whales: Lessons from the Extinction of the Eastern Arctic Bowhead
    The Journal of Economic History, 2004, 64, (2), 400-432 View citations (13)
21. The micro-economic effects of financial market structure: evidence from 20th century North American steel firms
    Explorations in Economic History, 2004, 41, (4), 377-403 View citations (8)

2003

22. An Empty Promise: Average Cost Savings and Scale Economies among Canadian and American Manufacturers, 1910‐1988
    Southern Economic Journal, 2003, 70, (2), 374-388
23. Who is to Blame? Canadian Manufacturers and the Absence of Income Per Capita Convergence
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2003, 85, (1), 166-177 View citations (3)

2001

24. The First Great Whale Extinction: The End of the Bowhead Whale in the Eastern Arctic
    Explorations in Economic History, 2001, 38, (4), 448-477 View citations (6)

2000

25. Assessing the Performance of Canada's Manufacturers: Firm Level Evidence, 1902–1990
    The Journal of Economic History, 2000, 60, (2), 497-501 View citations (1)
26. Canadian manufacturers' relative productivity performance, 1907-1990
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2000, 33, (4), 1049-1068 View citations (8)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2000, 33, (4), 1049-1068 (2000) View citations (2)
27. Scapegoats or Responsive Entrepreneurs: Canadian Manufacturers, 1907-1990
    Explorations in Economic History, 2000, 37, (3), 217-240 View citations (3)

Chapters

2024

1. Cliometrics and the Study of Canadian Economic History
   Springer