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Working Papers

2009

1. Expert Panel Ranking
   PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL
   Also in Post-Print, HAL (2009)

2007

2. 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 (71)

2006

3. A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (75)

2003

4. 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)
5. The Role of Institutions in Economic Development
   ECE Discussion Papers Series, UNECE View citations (36)

1997

6. The Process of Economic Change
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (7)
   Also in WIDER Working Papers, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
   Research Paper, World Institute for Development Economics Research (1997) View citations (18)

1996

7. Economic Performance Through Time: The Limits to Knowledge
   Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
8. Economics and Cognitive Science
   Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (5)
9. INSTITUTIONS, ORGANIZATIONS AND MARKET COMPETITION
   Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
10. WHERE HAVE WE BEEN AND WHERE ARE WE GOING?
    Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (5)

1995

11. SOME FUNDAMENTAL PUZZLES IN ECONOMIC HISTORY/DEVELOPMENT
    Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (8)

1994

12. Autobiography
    Nobel Prize in Economics documents, Nobel Prize Committee
13. INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE: A FRAMEWORK OF ANALYSIS
    Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Institutional Changes: A Framework of Analysis, Voprosy Ekonomiki, NP Voprosy Ekonomiki (1997) View citations (2) (1997)
14. INSTITUTIONAL COMPETITION
    Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
15. INSTITUTIONS AND PRODUCTIVITY IN HISTORY
    Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (5)
16. INSTITUTIONS MATTER
    Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (7)
17. Institutions and Credible Commitment
    Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
18. PRIVATIZATION, INCENTIVES AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
    Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
19. THE EVOLUTION OF EFFICIENT MARKETS IN HISTORY
    Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
20. TRANSACTION COSTS THROUGH TIME
    Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
21. The Historical Evolution of Polities
    Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article The historical evolution of polities, International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier (1994) View citations (16) (1994)

1993

22. Economic Performance through Time
    Nobel Prize in Economics documents, Nobel Prize Committee View citations (61)
    See also Journal Article Economic Performance through Time, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1994) View citations (818) (1994)
23. Five Propositions about Institutional Change
    Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (18)
24. Institutions, Transaction Costs and Productivity in the Long Run
    Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (12)
25. Shared Mental Models: Ideologies and Institutions
    Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article Shared Mental Models: Ideologies and Institutions, Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell (1994) View citations (512) (1994)
26. The New Institutional Economics and Development
    Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (37)
27. The Paradox of the West
    Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (21)

1990

28. A Transaction Cost Theory of Politics
    Working Papers, Washington St. Louis - School of Business and Political Economy View citations (248)
    See also Journal Article A Transaction Cost Theory of Politics, Journal of Theoretical Politics (1990) View citations (79) (1990)

1972

29. 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

1. 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

2. A Conversation with Douglass North
   Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2015, 7, (1), 1-10
3. Aprendizaje, instituciones y desempeno económico
   Revista Economía y Región, 2015, 9, (1), 11-34

2012

4. In the Shadow of Violence: Lessons for Limited Access Societies
   Voprosy Ekonomiki, 2012, (3)

2009

5. A Recommendation on How to Intelligently Approach Emerging Problems in Intellectual Property Systems
   Review of Law & Economics, 2009, 5, (3), 1131-1133

2006

6. Desempeño Económico en el Transcurso de los Años
   Temas de Management, 2006, III, 16-24 View citations (1)

2000

7. Big-Bang Transformations of Economic Systems - An Introductory Note
   Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2000, 156, (1), 3- View citations (13)
8. La evolución histórica de las formas de gobierno
   Revista de Economía Institucional, 2000, 2, (2), 133-148 View citations (7)

1997

9. Cliometrics--Forty Years Later
   American Economic Review, 1997, 87, (2), 412-14 View citations (3)
10. Institutional Changes: A Framework of Analysis
    Voprosy Ekonomiki, 1997, 3 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE: A FRAMEWORK OF ANALYSIS, Economic History (1994) View citations (13) (1994)

1995

11. Institutionen, institutioneller Wandel und Wirtschaftsleistung
    Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), 1995, 214, (1), 122-124

1994

12. Economic Performance through Time
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (3), 359-68 View citations (818)
    See also Working Paper Economic Performance through Time, Nobel Prize in Economics documents (1993) View citations (61) (1993)
13. El desempeño económico a lo largo del tiempo
    El Trimestre Económico, 1994, 61(4), (244), 567-583 View citations (1)
14. La evolución de las economías en el transcurso del tiempo*
    Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 1994, 12, (3), 763-778
15. Shared Mental Models: Ideologies and Institutions
    Kyklos, 1994, 47, (1), 3-31 View citations (512)
    See also Working Paper Shared Mental Models: Ideologies and Institutions, Economic History (1993) View citations (18) (1993)
16. The historical evolution of polities
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1994, 14, (4), 381-391 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper The Historical Evolution of Polities, Economic History (1994) View citations (13) (1994)

1993

17. What Do We Mean by Rationality?
    Public Choice, 1993, 77, (1), 159-62 View citations (15)

1992

18. Institutions, Ideology, and Economic Performance
    Cato Journal, 1992, 11, (3), 477-496 View citations (34)
19. 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

20. Institutions
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1991, 5, (1), 97-112 View citations (793)

1990

21. A Transaction Cost Theory of Politics
    Journal of Theoretical Politics, 1990, 2, (4), 355-367 View citations (79)
    See also Working Paper A Transaction Cost Theory of Politics, Working Papers (1990) View citations (248) (1990)
22. 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 (458)

1989

23. 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 (1286)
24. Institutions and economic growth: An historical introduction
    World Development, 1989, 17, (9), 1319-1332 View citations (197)

1988

25. Ideology and Political/Economic Institutions
    Cato Journal, 1988, 8, (1), 15-28 View citations (13)

1987

26. Comment on the Riker paper
    Public Choice, 1987, 55, (1), 35-39
27. Institutions, Transaction Costs and Economic Growth
    Economic Inquiry, 1987, 25, (3), 419-28 View citations (81)
28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. Government and the Cost of Exchange in History
    The Journal of Economic History, 1984, 44, (2), 255-264 View citations (33)

1983

32. 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

33. American Government Expenditures: A Historical Perspective
    American Economic Review, 1982, 72, (2), 336-40 View citations (20)
34. 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
35. Reply to “The First Economic Revolution” As Fiction
    Economic History Review, 1982, 35, (4), 572-572
36. Toward a Property-Rights Theory of Exploitation
    Politics & Society, 1982, 11, (3), 315-320

1981

37. Reviews
    Public Choice, 1981, 37, (2), 377-388 View citations (2)

1980

38. Exports and economic growth
    Explorations in Economic History, 1980, 17, (1), 1-5 View citations (2)

1979

39. A framework for analyzing the state in economic history
    Explorations in Economic History, 1979, 16, (3), 249-259 View citations (16)
40. 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

41. Comment
    The Journal of Economic History, 1978, 38, (1), 77-80
42. Structure and Performance: The Task of Economic History
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1978, 16, (3), 963-78 View citations (39)
43. 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

44. Economic growth: What have we learned from the past?
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1977, 6, (1), 157-177
45. The First Economic Revolution
    Economic History Review, 1977, 30, (2), 229-241 View citations (44)

1976

46. The Place of Economic History in the Discipline of Economics
    Economic Inquiry, 1976, 14, (4), 461-65 View citations (3)

1975

47. 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
48. Comment
    The Journal of Economic History, 1975, 35, (1), 18-19

1974

49. Beyond the New Economic History
    The Journal of Economic History, 1974, 34, (1), 1-7 View citations (5)

1973

50. Reply to Professor D. Ringrose
    Economic History Review, 1973, 26, (2), 293-294 View citations (1)

1971

51. Institutional Change and Economic Growth
    The Journal of Economic History, 1971, 31, (1), 118-125 View citations (244)
52. The Rise and Fall of the Manorial System: A Theoretical Model
    The Journal of Economic History, 1971, 31, (4), 777-803 View citations (58)

1970

53. An Economic Theory of the Growth of the Western World
    Economic History Review, 1970, 23, (1), 1-17 View citations (56)
54. 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 (48)

1968

55. Sources of Productivity Change in Ocean Shipping, 1600-1850
    Journal of Political Economy, 1968, 76, (5), 953 View citations (54)

1966

56. 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

57. 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
58. 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

59. O Crescimento Econômico Regional: Quatro Conferências do Professor Douglass C. North
    Revista Brasileira de Economia - RBE, 1961, 15, (3)

1959

60. Agriculture in Regional Economic Growth
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1959, 41, (5), 943-951 View citations (29)

1958

61. Ocean Freight Rates and Economic Development 1730-1913
    The Journal of Economic History, 1958, 18, (4), 537-555 View citations (59)

1956

62. Agenda For A History Of Management Policies Towards Labor In The United States*
    The Journal of Economic History, 1956, 16, (2), 206-211
63. Exports and Regional Economic Growth: A Reply
    Journal of Political Economy, 1956, 64, (2), 165 View citations (10)
64. International Capital Flows and the Development of the American West
    The Journal of Economic History, 1956, 16, (4), 493-505 View citations (6)
65. THE SPATIAL AND INTERREGIONAL FRAME WORK OF THE U.S. ECONOMY
    Papers in Regional Science, 1956, 2, (1), 201-209

1955

66. Location Theory and Regional Economic Growth
    Journal of Political Economy, 1955, 63, (3), 243 View citations (175)

1954

67. 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

1. Violence and Social Orders
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (16)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2009) View citations (830)

1991

2. Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (171)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (1991) View citations (170)

1976

3. The Rise of the Western World
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (31)

Edited books

2013

1. In the Shadow of Violence
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (64)
2. In the Shadow of Violence
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (57)

1996

3. Empirical Studies in Institutional Change
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (2)
4. Empirical Studies in Institutional Change
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (2)

Chapters

2025

1. Institutions and the Performance of Economies Over Time
   Springer
   Also in Springer (2005) View citations (22)
   Springer (2008) View citations (10)

2005

2. Introduction to Understanding the Process of Economic Change
   A chapter in Understanding the Process of Economic Change, 2005 View citations (919)
3. Legal Change in Economic Analysis
   Chapter 3 in The Elgar Companion to Law and Economics, Second Edition, 2005

2000

4. A revolution in economics
   Chapter 4 in Institutions, Contracts and Organizations, 2000 View citations (1)
5. Understanding institutions
   Chapter 2 in Institutions, Contracts and Organizations, 2000 View citations (1)

1998

6. The Institutional Foundations of East Asian Development: A Summary Evaluation
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)

1986

7. 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

8. The Theoretical Tools of the Economic Historian
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)

1963

9. Industrialization in the United States (1815–60)
   Palgrave Macmillan
   Also in Palgrave Macmillan (1963)

1960

10. 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)