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Working Papers
2024
- Institutional Change
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
2023
- Feudal Political Economy
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
- Magna Carta
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
2022
- Resisting Education
Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics 
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) (2024)
2020
- Health vs. Economy: Politically Optimal Pandemic Policy
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (8)
See also Journal Article Health vs. Economy: Politically Optimal Pandemic Policy, Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy, now publishers (2020) View citations (8) (2020)
- Medieval Cities Through the Lens of Urban Economic Theories
Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy View citations (3)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (4)
- Shipwrecked by Rents
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers 
Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2020) 
See also Journal Article Shipwrecked by rents, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2024) (2024)
- The Economic Impact of the Black Death
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (11)
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 (21) (2022)
- The Fractured-Land Hypothesis
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (4)
See also Journal Article The Fractured-Land Hypothesis, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2023) View citations (4) (2023)
- 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) (2024)
2019
- 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
- Autocratic Rule and Social Capital: Evidence from Imperial China
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (11)
2017
- Economic shocks, inter-ethnic complementarities and the persecution of minorities: Evidence from the Black Death
Working Papers, Economic History Society View citations (2)
- 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)
- 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 (76) (2019)
2016
- 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 (34) (2018)
2015
- The Literary Inquisition: The Persecution of Intellectuals and Human Capital Accumulation in China
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
2014
- 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 (43) (2018)
- Unified China; Divided Europe
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (13)
2013
- 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
- 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)
- Pledging and Credit Markets in Medieval England
Working Papers, Department of Economic and Social History at the University of Cambridge
- 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)
- The Law and Economics of Private Prosecutions in Industrial Revolution England
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
2011
- 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)
- 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 (11) (2012)
- 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 (16) (2014)
2009
- 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
- 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
- Analyzing the medieval church through an economic lens
Public Choice, 2024, 201, (1), 53-60
- Are Economic Freedom and Political Unfreedom Compatible? A Review of Markets with Chinese Characteristics
Econ Journal Watch, 2024, 21, (2), 460–463
- Pandemics and cities: Evidence from the Black Death and the long-run
Journal of Urban Economics, 2024, 139, (C) View citations (1)
- Pox Romana: The plague that shook the Roman world By Colin Elliott
Economic Affairs, 2024, 44, (2), 426-428
- Resisting Education
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2024, 22, (6), 2549-2597 
See also Working Paper Resisting Education, Economics Series Working Papers (2022) (2022)
- Shipwrecked by rents
Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 168, (C) 
See also Working Paper Shipwrecked by Rents, CEPR Discussion Papers (2020) (2020)
- 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
- The Political Economy of Status Competition: Sumptuary Laws in Preindustrial Europe
The Journal of Economic History, 2024, 84, (2), 479-516 
See also Working Paper The Political Economy of Status Competition: Sumptuary Laws in Preindustrial Europe, CEPR Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (2) (2020)
2023
- Epidemic disease and the state: Is there a tradeoff between public health and liberty?
Public Choice, 2023, 195, (1), 145-167 View citations (4)
- 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, CEPR Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (2) (2020)
2022
- 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)
- Medieval cities through the lens of urban economics
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2022, 94, (C) View citations (2)
- The Economic Impact of the Black Death
Journal of Economic Literature, 2022, 60, (1), 132-78 View citations (21)
See also Working Paper The Economic Impact of the Black Death, CEPR Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (11) (2020)
2021
- Counterfactuals, Empires, and Institutions: Reflections on Walter Scheidel's Escape from Rome
Journal of Economic Literature, 2021, 59, (2), 634-50
- Hilton L. Root: Network Origins of the Global Economy: East vs. West in a Complex Systems Perspective
Public Choice, 2021, 187, (3), 533-535
- Sea Power
Journal of Historical Political Economy, 2021, 1, (2), 155-182
2020
- A review essay on The European Guilds
The Review of Austrian Economics, 2020, 33, (1), 277-287 View citations (1)
- Health vs. Economy: Politically Optimal Pandemic Policy
Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy, 2020, 1, (4), 645-669 View citations (8)
See also Working Paper Health vs. Economy: Politically Optimal Pandemic Policy, CEPR Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (8) (2020)
- The Institutional Foundations of Religious Freedom
Journal of Economics, Management and Religion (JEMAR), 2020, 01, (02), 1-35 View citations (1)
2019
- Negative shocks and mass persecutions: evidence from the Black Death
Journal of Economic Growth, 2019, 24, (4), 345-395 View citations (76)
See also Working Paper Negative Shocks and Mass Persecutions: Evidence from the Black Death, Working Papers (2017) View citations (5) (2017)
- 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
- Peter T. Leeson, WTF?!: An economic tour of the weird
The Review of Austrian Economics, 2019, 32, (1), 81-84
- Summaries of Doctoral Dissertations
The Journal of Economic History, 2019, 79, (2), 507-542
2018
- 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
- 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)
- 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 (34)
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)
- UNIFIED CHINA AND DIVIDED EUROPE
International Economic Review, 2018, 59, (1), 285-327 View citations (43)
See also Working Paper Unified China and Divided Europe, CEI Working Paper Series (2014) View citations (18) (2014)
2017
- Education, identity, and community: lessons from Jewish emancipation
Public Choice, 2017, 171, (1), 119-143 View citations (17)
- Jared Rubin: Rulers, religion, and riches: Why the West got rich and the Middle East did not?
Public Choice, 2017, 172, (3), 549-552
- Jewish Persecutions and Weather Shocks: 1100–1800
Economic Journal, 2017, 127, (602), 924-958 View citations (76)
- Jewish communities and city growth in preindustrial Europe
Journal of Development Economics, 2017, 127, (C), 339-354 View citations (31)
- 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
- States and economic growth: Capacity and constraints
Explorations in Economic History, 2017, 64, (C), 1-20 View citations (91)
- 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
- Jewish emancipation and schism: Economic development and religious change
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2016, 44, (3), 562-584 View citations (49)
- 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
- 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
- Jacob T. Levy: Rationalism, Pluralism, and Freedom
Public Choice, 2015, 163, (3), 409-412
- Monetary stability and the rule of law
Journal of Financial Stability, 2015, 17, (C), 46-58 View citations (8)
- 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
- 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
- Tax farming and the origins of state capacity in England and France
Explorations in Economic History, 2014, 51, (C), 1-20 View citations (37)
- Taxes, Lawyers, and the Decline of Witch Trials in France
Journal of Law and Economics, 2014, 57, (1), 77 - 112 View citations (16)
See also Working Paper Taxes, lawyers, and the decline of witch trials in France, MPRA Paper (2011) View citations (16) (2011)
- The law & economics of private prosecutions in industrial revolution England
Public Choice, 2014, 159, (1), 277-298 View citations (10)
2013
- 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)
- Preindustrial Cliometrics
Economic Affairs, 2013, 33, (2), 268-278
- Timur Kuran: The long divergence: how Islamic law held back the Middle East
Public Choice, 2013, 154, (3), 341-343
2012
- Prosecution Associations in Industrial Revolution England: Private Providers of Public Goods?
The Journal of Legal Studies, 2012, 41, (1), 95 - 130 View citations (11)
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)
- The transformation of labor supply in the pre-industrial world
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2012, 81, (2), 505-523 View citations (8)
2010
- Evading the 'Taint of Usury': The usury prohibition as a barrier to entry
Explorations in Economic History, 2010, 47, (4), 420-442 View citations (42)
- 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
- Playing Like the Home Team: An Economic Investigation into Home Advantage in Football
International Journal of Sport Finance, 2009, 4, (1), 16-41
- 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
- Persecution and Toleration
Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (53)
Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2019) View citations (51)
Chapters
2024
- Political Economy
Springer
2019
- The State, Toleration, and Religious Freedom
Palgrave Macmillan View citations (2)
2018
- Analytic Narratives
Palgrave Macmillan
2010
- Instincts and institutions: the rise of the market
A chapter in The Social Science of Hayek's ‘The Sensory Order’, 2010, pp 285-309
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