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Working Papers

2024

1. Institutional Change
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   See also Chapter Institutional Change, Springer Books, Springer (2025) (2025)

2023

2. Feudal Political Economy
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
3. Magna Carta
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

2022

4. Resisting Education
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2013) View citations (7)
   See also Journal Article Resisting Education, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2024) View citations (1) (2024)

2020

5. Health vs. Economy: Politically Optimal Pandemic Policy
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article Health vs. Economy: Politically Optimal Pandemic Policy, Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy, now publishers (2020) View citations (9) (2020)
6. Medieval Cities Through the Lens of Urban Economic Theories
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (4)
   Also in Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy (2020) View citations (3)
7. Shipwrecked by Rents
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020)
   See also Journal Article Shipwrecked by rents, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2024) (2024)
8. The Economic Impact of the Black Death
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (12)
   Also in Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy (2020) View citations (12)
   See also Journal Article The Economic Impact of the Black Death, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (2022) View citations (31) (2022)
9. The Fractured-Land Hypothesis
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article The Fractured-Land Hypothesis, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2023) View citations (4) (2023)
10. The Political Economy of Status Competition: Sumptuary Laws in Preindustrial Europe
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The Political Economy of Status Competition: Sumptuary Laws in Preindustrial Europe, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2024) View citations (1) (2024)

2019

11. Pandemics, Places, and Populations: Evidence from the Black Death
    Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy View citations (28)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2019) View citations (33)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (33)

2018

12. Autocratic Rule and Social Capital: Evidence from Imperial China
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (11)

2017

13. Economic shocks, inter-ethnic complementarities and the persecution of minorities: Evidence from the Black Death
    Working Papers, Economic History Society View citations (2)
14. Geopolitics and Asia’s Little Divergence: State Building in China and Japan After 1850
    Discussion paper series, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Geopolitics and Asia’s little divergence: State building in China and Japan after 1850, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2018) View citations (11) (2018)
15. Negative Shocks and Mass Persecutions: Evidence from the Black Death
    Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy View citations (5)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2017) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Negative shocks and mass persecutions: evidence from the Black Death, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2019) View citations (77) (2019)

2016

16. Plague, Politics, and Pogroms: The Black Death, Rule of Law, and the persecution of Jews in the Holy Roman Empire
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Plague, Politics, and Pogroms: The Black Death, the Rule of Law, and the Persecution of Jews in the Holy Roman Empire, Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press (2018) View citations (36) (2018)

2015

17. The Literary Inquisition: The Persecution of Intellectuals and Human Capital Accumulation in China
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)

2014

18. Unified China and Divided Europe
    CEI Working Paper Series, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University View citations (18)
    Also in Working Papers, Economic History Society (2014) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article UNIFIED CHINA AND DIVIDED EUROPE, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (2018) View citations (44) (2018)
19. Unified China; Divided Europe
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (13)

2013

20. From the Persecuting to the Protective State? Jewish Expulsions and Weather Shocks from 1100 to 1800
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (6)

2012

21. Legal Centralization and the Birth of the Secular State
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Legal centralization and the birth of the secular state, Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (16) (2013)
22. Pledging and Credit Markets in Medieval England
    Working Papers, Department of Economic and Social History at the University of Cambridge
23. Standardizing the fiscal state: cabal tax farming as an Intermediate Institution in early-modern England and France
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
24. The Law and Economics of Private Prosecutions in Industrial Revolution England
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)

2011

25. Development and Religious Polarization: The Emergence of Reform and Ultra-Orthodox Judaism
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (9)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of York View citations (10)
26. Prosecution Associations in Industrial Revolution England: Private Providers of Public Goods?
    Centre for Historical Economics and Related Research at York (CHERRY) Discussion Papers, CHERRY, c/o Department of Economics, University of York View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Prosecution Associations in Industrial Revolution England: Private Providers of Public Goods?, The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press (2012) View citations (12) (2012)
27. Taxes, lawyers, and the decline of witch trials in France
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Taxes, Lawyers, and the Decline of Witch Trials in France, Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press (2014) View citations (17) (2014)

2009

28. The Price of Time and Labour Supply: From the Black Death to the Industrious Revolution
    Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (2)

2008

29. Evading the 'Taint of Usury' Complex Contracts and Segmented Capital Markets
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Analyzing the medieval church through an economic lens
   Public Choice, 2024, 201, (1), 53-60
2. Are Economic Freedom and Political Unfreedom Compatible? A Review of Markets with Chinese Characteristics
   Econ Journal Watch, 2024, 21, (2), 460–463
3. Pandemics and cities: Evidence from the Black Death and the long-run
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2024, 139, (C) View citations (1)
4. Pox Romana: The plague that shook the Roman world By Colin Elliott
   Economic Affairs, 2024, 44, (2), 426-428
5. Religious Violence and Coalition Politics in History
   Journal of Historical Political Economy, 2024, 4, (2), 281-309
6. Resisting Education
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2024, 22, (6), 2549-2597 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Resisting Education, Economics Series Working Papers (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
7. Shipwrecked by rents
   Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 168, (C)
   See also Working Paper Shipwrecked by Rents, MPRA Paper (2020) (2020)
8. The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World: Vol. I & II.Stephen Broadberry & Kyoji Fukao (eds), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. pp. 512 (vol. I) 572 (vol. II). ISBN 9781107159457 (vol. I) 9781107159488 (vol. II). Hbk £120 (vol. I) £120 (vol. II)
   Economic History Review, 2024, 77, (1), 317-318
9. The Political Economy of Status Competition: Sumptuary Laws in Preindustrial Europe
   The Journal of Economic History, 2024, 84, (2), 479-516 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper The Political Economy of Status Competition: Sumptuary Laws in Preindustrial Europe, CEPR Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (2) (2020)

2023

10. Epidemic disease and the state: Is there a tradeoff between public health and liberty?
    Public Choice, 2023, 195, (1), 145-167 View citations (4)
11. The Fractured-Land Hypothesis
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2023, 138, (2), 1173-1231 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper The Fractured-Land Hypothesis, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (5) (2020)

2022

12. Introduction to the special issue on culture, institutions, and religion in economic history
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 201, (C), 105-114 View citations (1)
13. Medieval cities through the lens of urban economics
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2022, 94, (C) View citations (3)
14. The Economic Impact of the Black Death
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2022, 60, (1), 132-78 View citations (31)
    See also Working Paper The Economic Impact of the Black Death, CEPR Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (12) (2020)

2021

15. Counterfactuals, Empires, and Institutions: Reflections on Walter Scheidel's Escape from Rome
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2021, 59, (2), 634-50
16. Hilton L. Root: Network Origins of the Global Economy: East vs. West in a Complex Systems Perspective
    Public Choice, 2021, 187, (3), 533-535
17. Sea Power
    Journal of Historical Political Economy, 2021, 1, (2), 155-182

2020

18. A review essay on The European Guilds
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2020, 33, (1), 277-287 View citations (1)
19. Health vs. Economy: Politically Optimal Pandemic Policy
    Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy, 2020, 1, (4), 645-669 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Health vs. Economy: Politically Optimal Pandemic Policy, CEPR Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (9) (2020)
20. The Institutional Foundations of Religious Freedom
    Journal of Economics, Management and Religion (JEMAR), 2020, 01, (02), 1-35 View citations (1)

2019

21. Negative shocks and mass persecutions: evidence from the Black Death
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2019, 24, (4), 345-395 View citations (77)
    See also Working Paper Negative Shocks and Mass Persecutions: Evidence from the Black Death, Working Papers (2017) View citations (5) (2017)
22. Nicholas Crafts, Forging ahead, falling behind and fighting back: British economic growth from the industrial revolution to the financial crisis (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Pp. x + 152. 1 fig. 41 tabs. ISBN 9781108438162 Pbk. £17.99)
    Economic History Review, 2019, 72, (2), 774-775
23. Peter T. Leeson, WTF?!: An economic tour of the weird
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2019, 32, (1), 81-84
24. Summaries of Doctoral Dissertations
    The Journal of Economic History, 2019, 79, (2), 507-542

2018

25. Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy. By Daniel Ziblatt. Cambridge, UK and New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Pp. 448. $36.69, hardcover
    The Journal of Economic History, 2018, 78, (3), 940-942
26. Geopolitics and Asia’s little divergence: State building in China and Japan after 1850
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 155, (C), 178-204 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Geopolitics and Asia’s Little Divergence: State Building in China and Japan After 1850, Discussion paper series (2017) View citations (4) (2017)
27. Plague, Politics, and Pogroms: The Black Death, the Rule of Law, and the Persecution of Jews in the Holy Roman Empire
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2018, 61, (2), 253 - 277 View citations (36)
    See also Working Paper Plague, Politics, and Pogroms: The Black Death, Rule of Law, and the persecution of Jews in the Holy Roman Empire, MPRA Paper (2016) View citations (4) (2016)
28. UNIFIED CHINA AND DIVIDED EUROPE
    International Economic Review, 2018, 59, (1), 285-327 View citations (44)
    See also Working Paper Unified China and Divided Europe, CEI Working Paper Series (2014) View citations (18) (2014)

2017

29. Education, identity, and community: lessons from Jewish emancipation
    Public Choice, 2017, 171, (1), 119-143 View citations (17)
30. Jared Rubin: Rulers, religion, and riches: Why the West got rich and the Middle East did not?
    Public Choice, 2017, 172, (3), 549-552
31. Jewish Persecutions and Weather Shocks: 1100–1800
    Economic Journal, 2017, 127, (602), 924-958 View citations (79)
32. Jewish communities and city growth in preindustrial Europe
    Journal of Development Economics, 2017, 127, (C), 339-354 View citations (31)
33. Roderick Floud, Santhi Hejeebu, and David Mitch, eds., Humanism challenges materialism in economics and economic history ( Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2017. Pp. 276. 8 figs. ISBN 9780226419588 Hbk. $65/£49)
    Economic History Review, 2017, 70, (3), 1045-1046
34. States and economic growth: Capacity and constraints
    Explorations in Economic History, 2017, 64, (C), 1-20 View citations (115)
35. Walter Scheidel: The great leveler: violence and the history of inequality from the stone age to the twenty-first century
    Public Choice, 2017, 172, (3), 545-548

2016

36. Jewish emancipation and schism: Economic development and religious change
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2016, 44, (3), 562-584 View citations (55)
37. Review of Ultra Society: how 10,000 years of war made humans the greatest cooperators on earth, Beresta Books, LCC, Connecticut, 2016 by Peter Turchin
    Journal of Bioeconomics, 2016, 18, (3), 239-242
38. The long transition from a natural state to a liberal economic order
    International Review of Law and Economics, 2016, 47, (S), 29-39 View citations (3)

2015

39. Jacob T. Levy: Rationalism, Pluralism, and Freedom
    Public Choice, 2015, 163, (3), 409-412
40. Monetary stability and the rule of law
    Journal of Financial Stability, 2015, 17, (C), 46-58 View citations (8)
41. The History Manifesto. By Jo Guldi and David Armitage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Pp. x, 165. $45.00, hardcover; $19.99, paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 2015, 75, (2), 584-587
42. The Rise of Market Society in England 1066–1800. By Christine Eisenberg. New York and Oxford: Berghahn, 2013. Pp. 176. $70.00, hardcover
    The Journal of Economic History, 2015, 75, (3), 931-933

2014

43. Tax farming and the origins of state capacity in England and France
    Explorations in Economic History, 2014, 51, (C), 1-20 View citations (40)
44. Taxes, Lawyers, and the Decline of Witch Trials in France
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2014, 57, (1), 77 - 112 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Taxes, lawyers, and the decline of witch trials in France, MPRA Paper (2011) View citations (16) (2011)
45. The law & economics of private prosecutions in industrial revolution England
    Public Choice, 2014, 159, (1), 277-298 View citations (10)

2013

46. Legal centralization and the birth of the secular state
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2013, 41, (4), 959-978 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Legal Centralization and the Birth of the Secular State, MPRA Paper (2012) View citations (1) (2012)
47. Preindustrial Cliometrics
    Economic Affairs, 2013, 33, (2), 268-278
48. Timur Kuran: The long divergence: how Islamic law held back the Middle East
    Public Choice, 2013, 154, (3), 341-343

2012

49. Prosecution Associations in Industrial Revolution England: Private Providers of Public Goods?
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2012, 41, (1), 95 - 130 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Prosecution Associations in Industrial Revolution England: Private Providers of Public Goods?, Centre for Historical Economics and Related Research at York (CHERRY) Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (1) (2011)
50. The transformation of labor supply in the pre-industrial world
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2012, 81, (2), 505-523 View citations (8)

2010

51. Evading the 'Taint of Usury': The usury prohibition as a barrier to entry
    Explorations in Economic History, 2010, 47, (4), 420-442 View citations (44)
52. The political economy of expulsion: the regulation of Jewish moneylending in medieval England
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2010, 21, (4), 374-406 View citations (14)

2009

53. Playing Like the Home Team: An Economic Investigation into Home Advantage in Football
    International Journal of Sport Finance, 2009, 4, (1), 16-41
54. THE PREDATOR STATE: HOW CONSERVATIVES ABANDONED THE FREE MARKET AND WHY LIBERALS SHOULD TOO ‐ by James K. Galbraith
    Economic Affairs, 2009, 29, (1), 104-104

Books

2019

1. Persecution and Toleration
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (51)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2019) View citations (53)

Chapters

2025

1. Institutional Change
   Springer
   See also Working Paper Institutional Change, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2024) (2024)

2024

2. Political Economy
   Springer

2019

3. The State, Toleration, and Religious Freedom
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (2)

2018

4. Analytic Narratives
   Palgrave Macmillan

2010

5. Instincts and institutions: the rise of the market
   A chapter in The Social Science of Hayek's ‘The Sensory Order’, 2010, pp 285-309