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Homepage:http://economics.gmu.edu/people/mkoyama2
Workplace:Mercatus Center, (more information at EDIRC)
Economics Department, George Mason University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

  1. Institutional Change
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads

2023

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

2022

  1. Resisting Education
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics Downloads
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2013) Downloads View citations (7)

    See also Journal Article Resisting Education, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2024) Downloads (2024)

2020

  1. Health vs. Economy: Politically Optimal Pandemic Policy
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Health vs. Economy: Politically Optimal Pandemic Policy, Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy, now publishers (2020) Downloads View citations (8) (2020)
  2. Medieval Cities Through the Lens of Urban Economic Theories
    Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy Downloads View citations (3)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020) Downloads View citations (4)
  3. Shipwrecked by Rents
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2020) Downloads

    See also Journal Article Shipwrecked by rents, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2024) Downloads (2024)
  4. The Economic Impact of the Black Death
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (11)
    Also in Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy (2020) Downloads View citations (12)

    See also Journal Article The Economic Impact of the Black Death, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (2022) Downloads View citations (21) (2022)
  5. The Fractured-Land Hypothesis
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) Downloads View citations (4)

    See also Journal Article The Fractured-Land Hypothesis, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2023) Downloads View citations (4) (2023)
  6. The Political Economy of Status Competition: Sumptuary Laws in Preindustrial Europe
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads 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) Downloads (2024)

2019

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

2018

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

2017

  1. Economic shocks, inter-ethnic complementarities and the persecution of minorities: Evidence from the Black Death
    Working Papers, Economic History Society Downloads View citations (2)
  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 Downloads 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) Downloads View citations (11) (2018)
  3. Negative Shocks and Mass Persecutions: Evidence from the Black Death
    Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy Downloads View citations (5)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2017) Downloads View citations (11)

    See also Journal Article Negative shocks and mass persecutions: evidence from the Black Death, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2019) Downloads View citations (76) (2019)

2016

  1. 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 Downloads 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) Downloads View citations (34) (2018)

2015

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

2014

  1. Unified China and Divided Europe
    CEI Working Paper Series, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University Downloads View citations (18)
    Also in Working Papers, Economic History Society (2014) Downloads 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) Downloads View citations (43) (2018)
  2. Unified China; Divided Europe
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (13)

2013

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

2012

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

2011

  1. Development and Religious Polarization: The Emergence of Reform and Ultra-Orthodox Judaism
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (9)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of York Downloads View citations (10)
  2. 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 Downloads 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) Downloads View citations (11) (2012)
  3. Taxes, lawyers, and the decline of witch trials in France
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads 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) Downloads View citations (16) (2014)

2009

  1. 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 Downloads View citations (2)

2008

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

Journal Articles

2024

  1. Analyzing the medieval church through an economic lens
    Public Choice, 2024, 201, (1), 53-60 Downloads
  2. Are Economic Freedom and Political Unfreedom Compatible? A Review of Markets with Chinese Characteristics
    Econ Journal Watch, 2024, 21, (2), 460–463 Downloads
  3. Pandemics and cities: Evidence from the Black Death and the long-run
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2024, 139, (C) Downloads View citations (1)
  4. Pox Romana: The plague that shook the Roman world By Colin Elliott
    Economic Affairs, 2024, 44, (2), 426-428 Downloads
  5. Resisting Education
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2024, 22, (6), 2549-2597 Downloads
    See also Working Paper Resisting Education, Economics Series Working Papers (2022) Downloads (2022)
  6. Shipwrecked by rents
    Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 168, (C) Downloads
    See also Working Paper Shipwrecked by Rents, CEPR Discussion Papers (2020) Downloads (2020)
  7. 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 Downloads
  8. The Political Economy of Status Competition: Sumptuary Laws in Preindustrial Europe
    The Journal of Economic History, 2024, 84, (2), 479-516 Downloads
    See also Working Paper The Political Economy of Status Competition: Sumptuary Laws in Preindustrial Europe, CEPR Discussion Papers (2020) Downloads View citations (2) (2020)

2023

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

2022

  1. Introduction to the special issue on culture, institutions, and religion in economic history
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 201, (C), 105-114 Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Medieval cities through the lens of urban economics
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2022, 94, (C) Downloads View citations (2)
  3. The Economic Impact of the Black Death
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2022, 60, (1), 132-78 Downloads View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper The Economic Impact of the Black Death, CEPR Discussion Papers (2020) Downloads View citations (11) (2020)

2021

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

2020

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

2019

  1. Negative shocks and mass persecutions: evidence from the Black Death
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2019, 24, (4), 345-395 Downloads View citations (76)
    See also Working Paper Negative Shocks and Mass Persecutions: Evidence from the Black Death, Working Papers (2017) Downloads View citations (5) (2017)
  2. 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 Downloads
  3. Peter T. Leeson, WTF?!: An economic tour of the weird
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 2019, 32, (1), 81-84 Downloads
  4. Summaries of Doctoral Dissertations
    The Journal of Economic History, 2019, 79, (2), 507-542 Downloads

2018

  1. 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 Downloads
  2. Geopolitics and Asia’s little divergence: State building in China and Japan after 1850
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 155, (C), 178-204 Downloads 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) Downloads View citations (4) (2017)
  3. 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 Downloads 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) Downloads View citations (4) (2016)
  4. UNIFIED CHINA AND DIVIDED EUROPE
    International Economic Review, 2018, 59, (1), 285-327 Downloads View citations (43)
    See also Working Paper Unified China and Divided Europe, CEI Working Paper Series (2014) Downloads View citations (18) (2014)

2017

  1. Education, identity, and community: lessons from Jewish emancipation
    Public Choice, 2017, 171, (1), 119-143 Downloads View citations (17)
  2. Jared Rubin: Rulers, religion, and riches: Why the West got rich and the Middle East did not?
    Public Choice, 2017, 172, (3), 549-552 Downloads
  3. Jewish Persecutions and Weather Shocks: 1100–1800
    Economic Journal, 2017, 127, (602), 924-958 Downloads View citations (76)
  4. Jewish communities and city growth in preindustrial Europe
    Journal of Development Economics, 2017, 127, (C), 339-354 Downloads View citations (31)
  5. 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 Downloads
  6. States and economic growth: Capacity and constraints
    Explorations in Economic History, 2017, 64, (C), 1-20 Downloads View citations (91)
  7. 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 Downloads

2016

  1. Jewish emancipation and schism: Economic development and religious change
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2016, 44, (3), 562-584 Downloads View citations (49)
  2. 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 Downloads
  3. The long transition from a natural state to a liberal economic order
    International Review of Law and Economics, 2016, 47, (S), 29-39 Downloads View citations (3)

2015

  1. Jacob T. Levy: Rationalism, Pluralism, and Freedom
    Public Choice, 2015, 163, (3), 409-412 Downloads
  2. Monetary stability and the rule of law
    Journal of Financial Stability, 2015, 17, (C), 46-58 Downloads View citations (8)
  3. 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 Downloads
  4. 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 Downloads

2014

  1. Tax farming and the origins of state capacity in England and France
    Explorations in Economic History, 2014, 51, (C), 1-20 Downloads View citations (37)
  2. Taxes, Lawyers, and the Decline of Witch Trials in France
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2014, 57, (1), 77 - 112 Downloads View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Taxes, lawyers, and the decline of witch trials in France, MPRA Paper (2011) Downloads View citations (16) (2011)
  3. The law & economics of private prosecutions in industrial revolution England
    Public Choice, 2014, 159, (1), 277-298 Downloads View citations (10)

2013

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

2012

  1. Prosecution Associations in Industrial Revolution England: Private Providers of Public Goods?
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2012, 41, (1), 95 - 130 Downloads 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) Downloads View citations (1) (2011)
  2. The transformation of labor supply in the pre-industrial world
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2012, 81, (2), 505-523 Downloads View citations (8)

2010

  1. Evading the 'Taint of Usury': The usury prohibition as a barrier to entry
    Explorations in Economic History, 2010, 47, (4), 420-442 Downloads View citations (42)
  2. The political economy of expulsion: the regulation of Jewish moneylending in medieval England
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2010, 21, (4), 374-406 Downloads View citations (14)

2009

  1. Playing Like the Home Team: An Economic Investigation into Home Advantage in Football
    International Journal of Sport Finance, 2009, 4, (1), 16-41 Downloads
  2. 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 Downloads

Books

2019

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

Chapters

2024

  1. Political Economy
    Springer

2019

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

2018

  1. Analytic Narratives
    Palgrave Macmillan

2010

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