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Working Papers
2009
- Expert Panel Ranking
Post-Print, HAL
Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2009)
2007
- Limited access orders in the developing world:a new approach to the problems of development
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (64)
2006
- A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (74)
2003
- Learning, Institutions, and Economic Performance
Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods View citations (5)
- The Role of Institutions in Economic Development
ECE Discussion Papers Series, UNECE View citations (36)
1997
- The Process of Economic Change
Research Paper, World Institute for Development Economics Research View citations (18)
Also in WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (1997) View citations (7) WIDER Working Papers, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
1996
- Economic Performance Through Time: The Limits to Knowledge
Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
- Economics and Cognitive Science
Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (5)
- INSTITUTIONS, ORGANIZATIONS AND MARKET COMPETITION
Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
- WHERE HAVE WE BEEN AND WHERE ARE WE GOING?
Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (6)
1995
- SOME FUNDAMENTAL PUZZLES IN ECONOMIC HISTORY/DEVELOPMENT
Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (8)
1994
- Autobiography
Nobel Prize in Economics documents, Nobel Prize Committee
- INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE: A FRAMEWORK OF ANALYSIS
Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (13)
See also Journal Article in VOPROSY ECONOMIKI (1997)
- INSTITUTIONAL COMPETITION
Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
- INSTITUTIONS AND PRODUCTIVITY IN HISTORY
Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (5)
- INSTITUTIONS MATTER
Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (7)
- Institutions and Credible Commitment
Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
- PRIVATIZATION, INCENTIVES AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
- THE EVOLUTION OF EFFICIENT MARKETS IN HISTORY
Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
- TRANSACTION COSTS THROUGH TIME
Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
- The Historical Evolution of Polities
Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (13)
See also Journal Article in International Review of Law and Economics (1994)
1993
- Economic Performance through Time
Nobel Prize in Economics documents, Nobel Prize Committee View citations (59)
See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1994)
- Five Propositions about Institutional Change
Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (18)
- Institutions, Transaction Costs and Productivity in the Long Run
Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (12)
- Shared Mental Models: Ideologies and Institutions
Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (17)
See also Journal Article in Kyklos (1994)
- The New Institutional Economics and Development
Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (37)
- The Paradox of the West
Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (21)
1990
- A Transaction Cost Theory of Politics
Working Papers, Washington St. Louis - School of Business and Political Economy View citations (248)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Theoretical Politics (1990)
1972
- La teoría de la localización y el crecimiento económico regional
Sede de la CEPAL en Santiago (Estudios e Investigaciones), Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)
Journal Articles
2016
- Institutions and Economic Theory
The American Economist, 2016, 61, (1), 72-76 View citations (2)
Also in The American Economist, 1992, 36, (1), 3-6 (1992) View citations (18)
2015
- A Conversation with Douglass North
Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2015, 7, (1), 1-10
- Aprendizaje, instituciones y desempeno económico
Revista Economía y Región, 2015, 9, (1), 11-34
2012
- In the Shadow of Violence: Lessons for Limited Access Societies
VOPROSY ECONOMIKI, 2012, (3)
2009
- A Recommendation on How to Intelligently Approach Emerging Problems in Intellectual Property Systems
Review of Law & Economics, 2009, 5, (3), 1131-1133
2006
- Desempeño Económico en el Transcurso de los Años
Temas de Management, 2006, III, 16-24 View citations (1)
2000
- Big-Bang Transformations of Economic Systems - An Introductory Note
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2000, 156, (1), 3- View citations (10)
- La evolución histórica de las formas de gobierno
Revista de Economía Institucional, 2000, 2, (2), 133-148 View citations (7)
1997
- Cliometrics--Forty Years Later
American Economic Review, 1997, 87, (2), 412-14 View citations (3)
- Institutional Changes: A Framework of Analysis
VOPROSY ECONOMIKI, 1997, 3 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper (1994)
1995
- Institutionen, institutioneller Wandel und Wirtschaftsleistung
Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), 1995, 214, (1), 122-124
1994
- Economic Performance through Time
American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (3), 359-68 View citations (818)
See also Working Paper (1993)
- El desempeño económico a lo largo del tiempo
El Trimestre Económico, 1994, LXI(4), (244), 567-583 View citations (1)
- La evolución de las economÃas en el transcurso del tiempo*
Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 1994, 12, (3), 763-778
- Shared Mental Models: Ideologies and Institutions
Kyklos, 1994, 47, (1), 3-31 View citations (472)
See also Working Paper (1993)
- The historical evolution of polities
International Review of Law and Economics, 1994, 14, (4), 381-391 View citations (16)
See also Working Paper (1994)
1993
- What Do We Mean by Rationality?
Public Choice, 1993, 77, (1), 159-62 View citations (15)
1992
- Institutions, Ideology, and Economic Performance
Cato Journal, 1992, 11, (3), 477-496 View citations (34)
- The Vital One: Essays in Honor of Jonathan R. T. Hughes. Edited by Joel Mokyr. Research in Economic History Supplement 6. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1991
The Journal of Economic History, 1992, 52, (3), 744-745
1991
- Institutions
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1991, 5, (1), 97-112 View citations (792)
1990
- A Transaction Cost Theory of Politics
Journal of Theoretical Politics, 1990, 2, (4), 355-367 View citations (79)
See also Working Paper (1990)
- THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS IN THE REVIVAL OF TRADE: THE LAW MERCHANT, PRIVATE JUDGES, AND THE CHAMPAGNE FAIRS
Economics and Politics, 1990, 2, (1), 1-23 View citations (426)
1989
- Constitutions and Commitment: The Evolution of Institutions Governing Public Choice in Seventeenth-Century England
The Journal of Economic History, 1989, 49, (4), 803-832 View citations (1086)
- Institutions and economic growth: An historical introduction
World Development, 1989, 17, (9), 1319-1332 View citations (197)
1988
- Ideology and Political/Economic Institutions
Cato Journal, 1988, 8, (1), 15-28 View citations (12)
1987
- Comment on the Riker paper
Public Choice, 1987, 55, (1), 35-39
- Institutions, Transaction Costs and Economic Growth
Economic Inquiry, 1987, 25, (3), 419-28 View citations (81)
- Measures and Men. By Witold Kula. Translated by Richard Szreter. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986. Pp. 386. $39.50
The Journal of Economic History, 1987, 47, (2), 593-595
1986
- How the West Grew Rich: The Economic Transformation of the Industrial World. By Nathan Rosenberg and L. E. BirdzellJr., (New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1986. Pp. xii + 353. $19.95.)
American Political Science Review, 1986, 80, (3), 1087-1088
1985
- The growth of government in the United States: An economic historian's perspective
Journal of Public Economics, 1985, 28, (3), 383-399 View citations (21)
1984
- Government and the Cost of Exchange in History
The Journal of Economic History, 1984, 44, (2), 255-264 View citations (33)
1983
- Comment on Stigler and Friedland, "The Literature of Economics: The Case of Berle and Means."
Journal of Law and Economics, 1983, 26, (2), 269-71 View citations (1)
1982
- American Government Expenditures: A Historical Perspective
American Economic Review, 1982, 72, (2), 336-40 View citations (19)
- General and Miscellaneous - The European Miracle: Environments, Economies, and Geopolitics in the History of Europe and Asia. By Eric Jones. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981. Pp. ix, 276. $29.50 cloth, $9.95 paper
The Journal of Economic History, 1982, 42, (2), 486-487
- Reply to “The First Economic Revolution” As Fiction
Economic History Review, 1982, 35, (4), 572-572
- Toward a Property-Rights Theory of Exploitation
Politics & Society, 1982, 11, (3), 315-320
1981
- Reviews
Public Choice, 1981, 37, (2), 377-388 View citations (2)
1980
- Exports and economic growth
Explorations in Economic History, 1980, 17, (1), 1-5 View citations (2)
1979
- A framework for analyzing the state in economic history
Explorations in Economic History, 1979, 16, (3), 249-259 View citations (16)
- New Directions in Political Economy: An Approach from Anthropology. Edited by Madeline Barbara Léons and Frances Rothstein. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1979. Pp. xxvii, 350. $25.00
The Journal of Economic History, 1979, 39, (4), 1088-1088
1978
- Comment
The Journal of Economic History, 1978, 38, (1), 77-80
- Structure and Performance: The Task of Economic History
Journal of Economic Literature, 1978, 16, (3), 963-78 View citations (39)
- The Livelihood of Man. By Karl Polanyi. New York, Academic Press, Inc., 1977. Pp. lv + 280. $17.50
Business History Review, 1978, 52, (3), 398-399
1977
- Economic growth: What have we learned from the past?
Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1977, 6, (1), 157-177
- The First Economic Revolution
Economic History Review, 1977, 30, (2), 229-241 View citations (41)
1976
- The Place of Economic History in the Discipline of Economics
Economic Inquiry, 1976, 14, (4), 461-65 View citations (3)
1975
- A Short History of Economic Progress. By Y. S. Brenner. London: Frank Cass & Company Limited, 1969. Pp. 295. $5.95 paper. - Economic Growth in History, Survey and Analysis. By J. D. Gould. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1973. Pp. 446. $7.50 paper, $15.00 cloth. - Economic Development in the Long Run. Edited by A. J. Youngson. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1973. Pp. 253. $9.95 cloth
The Journal of Economic History, 1975, 35, (4), 844-846
- Comment
The Journal of Economic History, 1975, 35, (1), 18-19
1974
- Beyond the New Economic History
The Journal of Economic History, 1974, 34, (1), 1-7 View citations (5)
1973
- Reply to Professor D. Ringrose
Economic History Review, 1973, 26, (2), 293-294 View citations (1)
1971
- Institutional Change and Economic Growth
The Journal of Economic History, 1971, 31, (1), 118-125 View citations (214)
- The Rise and Fall of the Manorial System: A Theoretical Model
The Journal of Economic History, 1971, 31, (4), 777-803 View citations (49)
1970
- An Economic Theory of the Growth of the Western World
Economic History Review, 1970, 23, (1), 1-17 View citations (53)
- Institutional Change and American Economic Growth: A First Step Towards a Theory of Institutional Innovation
The Journal of Economic History, 1970, 30, (1), 131-149 View citations (34)
1968
- Sources of Productivity Change in Ocean Shipping, 1600-1850
Journal of Political Economy, 1968, 76, 953 View citations (54)
1966
- The First Industrial Revolution. By Phyllis Deane. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1965. Pp. vii, 295. $8.00 (clothbound); $2.95 (paperback)
The Journal of Economic History, 1966, 26, (3), 386-388
1963
- Index of Economic Journals: Vol. I, 1886–1924, 270 pp.; Vol. II, 1925–1939, 470 pp.; Vol. III, 1940–1949, 467 pp.; Vol. IV, 1950–1954, 389 pp.; and Vol. V, 1954–1959, 533 pp. (Prepared under the auspices of The American Economic Association.) Homewood, Illinois: Richard D. Irwin, Inc. Vols. I, II, and III were published in 1961; Vols. IV and V, 1962. $25.00 (five-volume set)
The Journal of Economic History, 1963, 23, (3), 345-345
- The Sources of Economic Growth in The United States and the Alternatives Before Us. By Edward F. Denison. New York: Committee for Economic Development, 1962. Pp. 308. $4.00 (paperback)
The Journal of Economic History, 1963, 23, (3), 352-352
1961
- O Crescimento Econômico Regional: Quatro Conferências do Professor Douglass C. North
Revista Brasileira de Economia - RBE, 1961, 15, (3)
1959
- Agriculture in Regional Economic Growth
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1959, 41, (5), 943-951 View citations (28)
1958
- Ocean Freight Rates and Economic Development 1730-1913
The Journal of Economic History, 1958, 18, (4), 537-555 View citations (55)
1956
- Agenda For A History Of Management Policies Towards Labor In The United States*
The Journal of Economic History, 1956, 16, (2), 206-211
- Exports and Regional Economic Growth: A Reply
Journal of Political Economy, 1956, 64, 165 View citations (10)
- International Capital Flows and the Development of the American West
The Journal of Economic History, 1956, 16, (4), 493-505 View citations (6)
- THE SPATIAL AND INTERREGIONAL FRAME WORK OF THE U.S. ECONOMY
Papers in Regional Science, 1956, 2, (1), 201-209
1955
- Location Theory and Regional Economic Growth
Journal of Political Economy, 1955, 63, 243 View citations (175)
1954
- Life Insurance and Investment Banking at the Time of the Armstrong Investigation of 1905-1906*
The Journal of Economic History, 1954, 14, (3), 209-228 View citations (4)
Books
2013
- Violence and Social Orders
Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (14)
Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2009) View citations (825)
1991
- Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (153)
Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (1991) View citations (154)
1976
- The Rise of the Western World
Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (29)
Edited books
2013
- In the Shadow of Violence
Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (64)
- In the Shadow of Violence
Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (57)
1996
- Empirical Studies in Institutional Change
Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (1)
- Empirical Studies in Institutional Change
Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (1)
Chapters
2008
- Institutions and the Performance of Economies over Time
Springer View citations (9)
Also in Springer (2005) View citations (19)
2005
- Introduction to Understanding the Process of Economic Change
A chapter in Understanding the Process of Economic Change, 2005 View citations (836)
- Legal Change in Economic Analysis
Chapter 3 in The Elgar Companion to Law and Economics, Second Edition, 2005
2000
- A revolution in economics
Chapter 4 in Institutions, Contracts and Organizations, 2000 View citations (1)
- Understanding institutions
Chapter 2 in Institutions, Contracts and Organizations, 2000 View citations (1)
1998
- The Institutional Foundations of East Asian Development: A Summary Evaluation
Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)
1986
- Measuring the Transaction Sector in the American Economy, 1870-1970
A chapter in Long-Term Factors in American Economic Growth, 1986, pp 95-162 View citations (108)
1982
- The Theoretical Tools of the Economic Historian
Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)
1963
- Industrialization in the United States (1815–60)
Palgrave Macmillan
Also in Palgrave Macmillan (1963)
1960
- The United States Balance of Payments, 1790-1860
A chapter in Trends in the American Economy in the Nineteenth Century, 1960, pp 573-628 View citations (13)
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