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Working Papers

2010

1. Property Rights, Standards Of Living, And Economic Growth: Western Canadian Cree
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (6)

2009

2. Capital Constraints And European Migration To Canada: Evidence From The 1920s Passenger Lists
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (4)
3. Resources, Trade, And The Aboriginal Population: Lessons From The 1780s Smallpox Epidemic In The Hudson Bay Region
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

2007

4. Bend It Like Beckham: Hours And Wages Across Forty-eight Countries In 1900
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (2)

2006

5. Compensation and the Abandoned Property of the 1948 Palestinian Refugees: Assessment and Implications
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
   See also Journal Article Compensation and the abandoned property of the 1948 Palestinian refugees: Assessment and implications, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2007) (2007)

1997

6. Growth And The Standard Of Living In A Pioneer Economy: Upper Canada, 1826 To 1851
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (2)

1991

7. The Profitability of Early Canadian Railroads: Evidence from the Grand Trunk and Great Western Railway Companies Spring 1991
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

1988

8. Cigarette Smoking and Quitting: A Life-Cycle Approach
   Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
9. The Private Cost of Cigarette Smoking
   Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics

1986

10. Government Loan Guarantees and the Failure of the Canadian Northern Railway
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
    See also Journal Article Government Loan Guarantees and the Failure of the Canadian Northern Railway, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (1987) View citations (2) (1987)

1984

11. The Demand for Life Insurance: An Empirical Approach
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

1983

12. The Timing of Railway Construction on the Canadian Prairies
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
    See also Journal Article The Timing of Railway Construction on the Canadian Prairies, Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association (1984) (1984)

1981

13. Agricultural Output and Efficiency in Lower Canada, 1851
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (7)

1980

14. A Simulation Model of Agricultural Settlement Applied to the Canadian Prairies, 1898-1911
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
15. The Impact of Fertility Decline on Savings Rates in the Unites States, 1830-1900
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

1978

16. The Post-Bellum Recovery of the South and the Cost of the Civil War: Comment
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article The Post-Bellum Recovery of the South and the Cost of the Civil War: Comment, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (1978) View citations (3) (1978)

1977

17. The Transition of Land to Urban Use
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University
    See also Journal Article The Transition of Land to Urban Use, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1979) View citations (77) (1979)

1976

18. The Impact of Investment in Education on Wage Rates in the United States: 1870 and 1900
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

1975

19. The Economic Cost of the American Civil War: Estimates and Implications
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (41)
    See also Journal Article The Economic Cost of the American Civil War: Estimates and Implications, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (1975) View citations (48) (1975)

Journal Articles

2017

1. Barbara L. Solow. The Economic Consequences of the Atlantic Slave Trade. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2014. 140 pp. ISBN 978-0-7391-9246-7, $79.00 (cloth)
   Enterprise & Society, 2017, 18, (3), 728-730
2. Contributions to Canadian economic history: The last 30 years
   Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2017, 50, (5), 1632-1657 View citations (2)
   Also in Canadian Journal of Economics, 2017, 50, (5), 1632-1657 (2017) View citations (2)
3. Transatlantic wage gaps and the migration decision: Europe–Canada in the 1920s
   Cliometrica, 2017, 11, (2), 153-182
   Also in Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2017, 11, (2), 153-182 (2017) View citations (3)

2015

4. Protecting infant industries: Canadian manufacturing and the national policy, 1870–1913
   Explorations in Economic History, 2015, 56, (C), 15-31 View citations (15)

2012

5. International migration with capital constraints: interpreting migration from the Netherlands to Canada in the 1920s
   Canadian Journal of Economics, 2012, 45, (2), 732-754 View citations (10)
   Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2012, 45, (2), 732-754 (2012) View citations (10)
6. Smallpox and Native American mortality: The 1780s epidemic in the Hudson Bay region
   Explorations in Economic History, 2012, 49, (3), 277-290 View citations (10)

2011

7. Coordination of networked systems on digraphs with multiple leaders via pinning control
   International Journal of Systems Science, 2011, 43, (2), 368-384

2010

8. Accounting for the Traffic in Africans: Transport Costs on Slaving Voyages
   The Journal of Economic History, 2010, 70, (4), 940-963 View citations (10)

2007

9. Compensation and the abandoned property of the 1948 Palestinian refugees: Assessment and implications
   Explorations in Economic History, 2007, 44, (4), 523-537
   See also Working Paper Compensation and the Abandoned Property of the 1948 Palestinian Refugees: Assessment and Implications, Working Paper (2006) (2006)

2006

10. Slave Prices, the African Slave Trade, and Productivity in Eighteenth-Century South Carolina: A Reassessment
    The Journal of Economic History, 2006, 66, (4), 1054-1065 View citations (1)

2005

11. Slave prices, the African slave trade, and productivity in the Caribbean, 1674–1807
    Economic History Review, 2005, 58, (4), 673-700 View citations (18)

2002

12. Marketing in the Land of Hudson Bay: Indian Consumers and the Hudson's Bay Company, 1670–1770
    Enterprise & Society, 2002, 3, (2), 285-317

2001

13. American Indians in the Marketplace: Persistence and Innovation among the Menominees and Metlakatlans, 1870–1920. By Brian C. Hosmer. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1999. Pp. xvi, 309. $35.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (4), 1141-1142
14. Farm settlement with imperfect capital markets: a life-cycle application to Upper Canada, 1826-1851
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2001, 34, (1), 174-195 View citations (4)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2001, 34, (1), 174-195 (2001) View citations (4)
15. TRADE, CONSUMPTION, AND THE NATIVE ECONOMY: LESSONS FROM YORK FACTORY, HUDSON BAY
    The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (4), 1037-1064 View citations (6)

2000

16. From Slavery to Freedom: Comparative Studies in the Rise and Fall of Atlantic Slavery. By Seymour Drescher. Forward by Stanley Engerman. New York: New York University Press, 1999. Pp. xxv, 454. $45.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 2000, 60, (2), 596-597

1999

17. Property Rights, Competition and Depletion in the Eighteenth-Century Canadian Fur Trade: The Role of the European Market
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1999, 32, (3), 705-728 View citations (9)

1996

18. Agricultural Property and the 1948 Palestinian Refugees: Assessing the Loss
    Explorations in Economic History, 1996, 33, (2), 169-194 View citations (1)

1995

19. The Creative Financing of an Unprofitable Enterprise: The Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, 1853-1881
    Explorations in Economic History, 1995, 32, (3), 273-301 View citations (3)

1993

20. Close Ties: Railways, Government, and the Board of Railway Commissioners, 1851–1933. By Ken Cruikshank. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991. Pp. xiv, 287. $44.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1993, 53, (1), 201-202
21. Indians, the Beaver, and the Bay: The Economics of Depletion in the Lands of the Hudson's Bay Company, 1700–1763
    The Journal of Economic History, 1993, 53, (3), 465-494 View citations (15)

1990

22. Australia: an economical prison? A reply
    Economic History Review, 1990, 43, (3), 477-482 View citations (1)
23. No Paradise for Workers: Capitalism and the Common People in Australia, 1788–1914. By Ken Buckley and Ted Wheelwright. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. Pp. vii, 296. $42.50
    The Journal of Economic History, 1990, 50, (1), 209-210

1989

24. Dependents and the Demand for Life Insurance
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (3), 452-67 View citations (85)

1988

25. The Australian Economy in the Long Run. Edited by Rodney Maddock and Ian W. McLean. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. Pp. xi, 372. $42.50
    The Journal of Economic History, 1988, 48, (3), 770-772
26. The cost of convict transportation from Britain to Australia, 1796-1810
    Economic History Review, 1988, 41, (4), 507-524 View citations (1)

1987

27. Government Loan Guarantees and the Failure of the Canadian Northern Railway
    The Journal of Economic History, 1987, 47, (1), 175-196 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Government Loan Guarantees and the Failure of the Canadian Northern Railway, Working Paper (1986) (1986)

1984

28. Railroads and Land Grant Policy: A Study in Government Intervention. By Lloyd J. Mercer. New York: Academic Press, 1982. Pp. xvi, 268. $34.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1984, 44, (3), 896-897
29. The Timing of Railway Construction on the Canadian Prairies
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1984, 17, (2), 340-52
    See also Working Paper The Timing of Railway Construction on the Canadian Prairies, Working Paper (1983) (1983)

1983

30. Fertility and Savings in the United States: 1830-1900
    Journal of Political Economy, 1983, 91, (5), 825-40 View citations (6)
31. The Canadian Prairie West and the Ranching Frontier, 1874–1924. By David H. Breen, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1983. Pp. xiii, 302. $28.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1983, 43, (4), 1054-1055

1981

32. Farm Settlement on the Canadian Prairies, 1898 to 1911
    The Journal of Economic History, 1981, 41, (3), 517-535 View citations (4)

1980

33. The Efficiency of the French-Canadian Farmer in the Nineteenth Century
    The Journal of Economic History, 1980, 40, (3), 497-514 View citations (7)
34. The role of exports in American economic growth during the napoleonic wars, 1793 to 1807
    Explorations in Economic History, 1980, 17, (1), 6-25 View citations (11)

1979

35. Explaining the Shift of Labor from Agriculture to Industry in the United States: 1869 to 1899
    The Journal of Economic History, 1979, 39, (3), 681-698 View citations (2)
36. The Transition of Land to Urban Use
    Journal of Political Economy, 1979, 87, (1), 161-69 View citations (77)
    See also Working Paper The Transition of Land to Urban Use, Working Paper (1977) (1977)

1978

37. The Post-Bellum Recovery of the South and the Cost of the Civil War: Comment
    The Journal of Economic History, 1978, 38, (2), 487-492 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper The Post-Bellum Recovery of the South and the Cost of the Civil War: Comment, Scholarly Articles (1978) View citations (3) (1978)

1975

38. The Canadian Wheat Boom and Per Capita Income: New Estimates
    Journal of Political Economy, 1975, 83, (6), 1249-57 View citations (6)
39. The Economic Cost of the American Civil War: Estimates and Implications
    The Journal of Economic History, 1975, 35, (2), 299-326 View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper The Economic Cost of the American Civil War: Estimates and Implications, Scholarly Articles (1975) View citations (41) (1975)

Edited books

2009

1. Human Capital and Institutions
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (33)

Chapters

2024

1. Cliometrics and the Study of Canadian Economic History
   Springer

1992

2. The Profitability of Early Canadian Railroads: Evidence from the Grand Trunk and Great Western Railway Companies
   A chapter in Strategic Factors in Nineteenth Century American Economic History: A Volume to Honor Robert W. Fogel, 1992, pp 401-426 View citations (1)