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Working Papers

2020

1. Health vs. Economy: Politically Optimal Pandemic Policy
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy (2020)
2. Medieval Cities Through the Lens of Urban Economic Theories
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
   Also in Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy (2020) View citations (3)
3. Shipwrecked by Rents
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2020)
4. The Economic Impact of the Black Death
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (6)
   Also in Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy (2020) View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Literature (2022)
5. The Fractured-Land Hypothesis
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (2)
6. The Political Economy of Status Competition: Sumptuary Laws in Preindustrial Europe
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)

2019

7. Pandemics, Places, and Populations: Evidence from the Black Death
   Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy View citations (23)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2019) View citations (22)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (22)

2018

8. Autocratic Rule and Social Capital: Evidence from Imperial China
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (9)

2017

9. Economic shocks, inter-ethnic complementarities and the persecution of minorities: Evidence from the Black Death
   Working Papers, Economic History Society View citations (2)
10. 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 in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2018)
11. 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 in Journal of Economic Growth (2019)

2016

12. 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 in Journal of Law and Economics (2018)

2015

13. The Literary Inquisition: The Persecution of Intellectuals and Human Capital Accumulation in China
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)

2014

14. Unified China and Divided Europe
    CEI Working Paper Series, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University View citations (17)
    Also in Working Papers, Economic History Society (2014) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in International Economic Review (2018)
15. Unified China; Divided Europe
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (13)

2013

16. 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)
17. Resisting Education
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (6)

2012

18. Legal Centralization and the Birth of the Secular State
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (2013)
19. Pledging and Credit Markets in Medieval England
    Working Papers, Department of Economic and Social History at the University of Cambridge
20. 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)
21. The Law and Economics of Private Prosecutions in Industrial Revolution England
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)

2011

22. 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)
23. 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 in The Journal of Legal Studies (2012)
24. Taxes, lawyers, and the decline of witch trials in France
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Law and Economics (2014)

2009

25. 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

26. 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

2022

1. Medieval cities through the lens of urban economics
   Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2022, 94, (C) View citations (1)
2. The Economic Impact of the Black Death
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2022, 60, (1), 132-78
   See also Working Paper (2020)

2021

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

2020

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

2019

9. Negative shocks and mass persecutions: evidence from the Black Death
   Journal of Economic Growth, 2019, 24, (4), 345-395 View citations (39)
   See also Working Paper (2017)
10. 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
11. Peter T. Leeson, WTF?!: An economic tour of the weird
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2019, 32, (1), 81-84
12. Summaries of Doctoral Dissertations
    The Journal of Economic History, 2019, 79, (2), 507-542

2018

13. 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
14. 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 (8)
    See also Working Paper (2017)
15. 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 (16)
    See also Working Paper (2016)
16. UNIFIED CHINA AND DIVIDED EUROPE
    International Economic Review, 2018, 59, (1), 285-327 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper (2014)

2017

17. Education, identity, and community: lessons from Jewish emancipation
    Public Choice, 2017, 171, (1), 119-143 View citations (6)
18. Jared Rubin: Rulers, religion, and riches: Why the West got rich and the Middle East did not?
    Public Choice, 2017, 172, (3), 549-552
19. Jewish Persecutions and Weather Shocks: 1100–1800
    Economic Journal, 2017, 127, (602), 924-958 View citations (44)
20. Jewish communities and city growth in preindustrial Europe
    Journal of Development Economics, 2017, 127, (C), 339-354 View citations (21)
21. 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
22. States and economic growth: Capacity and constraints
    Explorations in Economic History, 2017, 64, (C), 1-20 View citations (73)
23. 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

24. Jewish emancipation and schism: Economic development and religious change
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2016, 44, (3), 562-584 View citations (36)
25. 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
26. 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 (2)

2015

27. Jacob T. Levy: Rationalism, Pluralism, and Freedom
    Public Choice, 2015, 163, (3), 409-412
28. Monetary stability and the rule of law
    Journal of Financial Stability, 2015, 17, (C), 46-58 View citations (7)
29. 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
30. 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

31. Tax farming and the origins of state capacity in England and France
    Explorations in Economic History, 2014, 51, (C), 1-20 View citations (33)
32. Taxes, Lawyers, and the Decline of Witch Trials in France
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2014, 57, (1), 77 - 112 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
33. The law & economics of private prosecutions in industrial revolution England
    Public Choice, 2014, 159, (1), 277-298 View citations (7)

2013

34. Legal centralization and the birth of the secular state
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2013, 41, (4), 959-978 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper (2012)
35. Preindustrial Cliometrics
    Economic Affairs, 2013, 33, (2), 268-278
36. Timur Kuran: The long divergence: how Islamic law held back the Middle East
    Public Choice, 2013, 154, (3), 341-343

2012

37. Prosecution Associations in Industrial Revolution England: Private Providers of Public Goods?
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2012, 41, (1), 95 - 130 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
38. The transformation of labor supply in the pre-industrial world
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2012, 81, (2), 505-523 View citations (7)

2010

39. Evading the 'Taint of Usury': The usury prohibition as a barrier to entry
    Explorations in Economic History, 2010, 47, (4), 420-442 View citations (36)
40. The political economy of expulsion: the regulation of Jewish moneylending in medieval England
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2010, 21, (4), 374-406 View citations (13)

2009

41. Playing Like the Home Team: An Economic Investigation into Home Advantage in Football
    International Journal of Sport Finance, 2009, 4, (1), 16-41
42. 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 (36)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2019) View citations (34)

Chapters

2019

1. The State, Toleration, and Religious Freedom
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)

2018

2. Analytic Narratives
   Palgrave Macmillan