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Working Papers

2024

  1. The Economic Effects of American Slavery: Tests at the Border
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (1)

2023

  1. De-skilling: Evidence from Late Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
    See also Journal Article De-skilling: Evidence from late nineteenth century American manufacturing, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2024) Downloads (2024)
  2. The Model T
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
  3. Wage Inequality in American Manufacturing, 1820-1940: New Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
    See also Chapter Wage Inequality in American Manufacturing, 1820–1940: New Evidence, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024) Downloads (2024)

2021

  1. Industrialization and Urbanization in Nineteenth Century America
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Industrialization and urbanization in nineteenth century America, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier (2022) Downloads View citations (4) (2022)

2020

  1. Farm Product Prices, Redistribution, and the Early U.S. Great Depression
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
    See also Journal Article Farm Product Prices, Redistribution, and the Early U.S. Great Depression, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2021) Downloads View citations (2) (2021)
  2. Yield Performance of Corn under Heat Stress: A Comparison of Hybrid and Open-Pollinated Seeds during a Period of Technological Transformation, 1933-1955
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
  3. ‘Mechanization Takes Command’: Inanimate Power and Labor Productivity in Late Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (7)

2018

  1. Farm Prices, Redistribution, and the Severity of the Early Great Depression
    2018 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics Downloads

2017

  1. Recovery from the Great Depression: The Farm Channel in Spring 1933
    2017 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics Downloads View citations (6)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) Downloads View citations (6)

    See also Journal Article Recovery from the Great Depression: The Farm Channel in Spring 1933, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2019) Downloads View citations (17) (2019)
  2. The Arsenal of Democracy: Production and Politics During WWII
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The arsenal of democracy: Production and politics during WWII, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2018) Downloads View citations (2) (2018)
  3. The Effect of Natural Disasters on Economic Activity in US Counties: A Century of Data
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (36)
    See also Journal Article The effect of natural disasters on economic activity in US counties: A century of data, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2020) Downloads View citations (82) (2020)

2016

  1. Patent Citations - An Analysis of Quality Differences and Citing Practices in Hybrid Corn
    Working Papers, New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Department of Economics Downloads

2015

  1. Patent Citations and the Size of the Inventive Step - Evidence from Hybrid Corn
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (9)

2014

  1. ARE Update, Volume 18, Number 1, Special Issue - Climate Change: Challenges to California's Agriculture and Natural resources
    Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley Downloads

2012

  1. Harvests and Financial Crises in Gold-Standard America
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Harvests and Financial Crises in Gold Standard America, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2013) Downloads View citations (12) (2013)

2011

  1. Did Plant Patents Create the American Rose?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Chapter Did Plant Patents Create the American Rose?, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) Downloads View citations (3) (2011)

2010

  1. Productivity Growth and the Regional Dynamics of Antebellum Southern Development
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads

2009

  1. Harvests and Business Cycles in Nineteenth-Century America
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Harvests and Business Cycles in Nineteenth-Century America, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2009) Downloads View citations (16) (2009)
  2. Quantitative Indices on the Early Growth of the California Wine Industry
    Working Papers, Robert Mondavi Institute Center for Wine Economics Downloads

2008

  1. Biological Innovation and Productivity Growth in the Antebellum Cotton Economy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article Biological Innovation and Productivity Growth in the Antebellum Cotton Economy, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2008) Downloads View citations (27) (2008)
  2. Historical Political Futures Markets: An International Perspective
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (10)

2006

  1. Biological Globalization: the other Grain Invasion
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research Downloads View citations (2)
  2. Conceptual Issues for the Comparative Study of Agricultural Development
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research Downloads
  3. Manipulating political stock markets: A field experiment and a century of observational data
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website Downloads View citations (14)

2004

  1. The “Tuberculous Cattle Trust”: Disease Contagion in an Era of Regulatory Uncertainty
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research Downloads View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article The “Tuberculous Cattle Trust”: Disease Contagion in an Era of Regulatory Uncertainty, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2004) Downloads View citations (2) (2004)

2003

  1. After the War Boom: Reconversion on the U.S. Pacific Coast, 1943-49
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (4)
  2. California Agriculture Dimensions and Issues: The Evolution of California Agriculture 1850-2000
    Information Series, University of California, Davis, Giannini Foundation Downloads View citations (2)
  3. Hog Round Marketing, Seed Quality, and Government Policy: Institutional Change in U.S. Cotton Production, 1920-1960
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Hog-Round Marketing, Seed Quality, and Government Policy: Institutional Change in U.S. Cotton Production, 1920–1960, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2003) Downloads View citations (9) (2003)

2002

  1. Gallman's Annual Output Series for the United States, 1834-1909
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (15)
  2. Hog Round Marketing, Seed Quality, and Government Policy: Institutional Change in U.S. Cotton Production, 1920-60
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research Downloads View citations (2)
  3. The Red Queen and the Hard Reds: Productivity Growth in American Wheat, 1800-1940
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (26)
    See also Journal Article The Red Queen and the Hard Reds: Productivity Growth in American Wheat, 1800–1940, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2002) Downloads View citations (38) (2002)

2000

  1. A Historical Test of the Tiebout Hypothesis: Local Heterogeneity from 1850 to 1990
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Historical perspectives on exotic pests and diseases in California
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research Downloads
  3. The Diffusion of the Tractor in American Agriculture: 1910-60
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (2)
  4. The diffusion of the tractor in American Agriculture: 1910-1960
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research Downloads View citations (3)

Journal Articles

2024

  1. De-skilling: Evidence from late nineteenth century American manufacturing
    Explorations in Economic History, 2024, 91, (C) Downloads
    See also Working Paper De-skilling: Evidence from Late Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing, NBER Working Papers (2023) Downloads (2023)
  2. Harper, Kyle. Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2024, 62, (2), 809-11 Downloads
  3. What fraction of antebellum US national product did the enslaved produce?
    Explorations in Economic History, 2024, 91, (C) Downloads

2023

  1. De Tocqueville, Population Movements, and Revealed Institutional Preferences
    Journal of Historical Political Economy, 2023, 3, (2), 179-210 Downloads View citations (1)

2022

  1. Industrialization and urbanization in nineteenth century America
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2022, 94, (C) Downloads View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Industrialization and Urbanization in Nineteenth Century America, NBER Working Papers (2021) Downloads View citations (2) (2021)
  2. Transportation Revolution: The Car in the 1920s
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2022, 112, 219-23 Downloads
  3. “Mechanization Takes Command?”: Powered Machinery and Production Times in Late Nineteenth-Century American Manufacturing
    The Journal of Economic History, 2022, 82, (3), 663-689 Downloads View citations (3)

2021

  1. Biological Innovation without Intellectual Property Rights: Cottonseed Markets in the Antebellum American South
    The Journal of Economic History, 2021, 81, (1), 198-238 Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Farm Product Prices, Redistribution, and the Early U.S. Great Depression
    The Journal of Economic History, 2021, 81, (3), 649-687 Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Farm Product Prices, Redistribution, and the Early U.S. Great Depression, NBER Working Papers (2020) Downloads (2020)

2020

  1. Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management. By Caitlin Rosenthal. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018. Pp. 320. $35.00, hardcover
    The Journal of Economic History, 2020, 80, (1), 293-294 Downloads
  2. The effect of natural disasters on economic activity in US counties: A century of data
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2020, 118, (C) Downloads View citations (82)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of Natural Disasters on Economic Activity in US Counties: A Century of Data, NBER Working Papers (2017) Downloads View citations (36) (2017)

2019

  1. "Automation" of Manufacturing in the Late Nineteenth Century: The Hand and Machine Labor Study
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2019, 33, (2), 51-70 Downloads View citations (32)
  2. Recovery from the Great Depression: The Farm Channel in Spring 1933
    American Economic Review, 2019, 109, (2), 427-72 Downloads View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Recovery from the Great Depression: The Farm Channel in Spring 1933, 2017 Meeting Papers (2017) Downloads View citations (6) (2017)

2018

  1. Cotton, slavery, and the new history of capitalism
    Explorations in Economic History, 2018, 67, (C), 1-17 Downloads View citations (11)
  2. The arsenal of democracy: Production and politics during WWII
    Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 166, (C), 145-161 Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper The Arsenal of Democracy: Production and Politics During WWII, NBER Working Papers (2017) Downloads View citations (2) (2017)

2013

  1. Harvests and Financial Crises in Gold Standard America
    The Journal of Economic History, 2013, 73, (1), 201-246 Downloads View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Harvests and Financial Crises in Gold-Standard America, NBER Working Papers (2012) Downloads View citations (7) (2012)
  2. New deal or no deal in the Cotton South: The effect of the AAA on the agricultural labor structure
    Explorations in Economic History, 2013, 50, (4), 466-486 Downloads View citations (13)
    See also Chapter New Deal or No Deal in the Cotton South: The Effect of the AAA on the Agriculture Labor Structure, NBER Chapters, 2012 (2012) View citations (6) (2012)

2012

  1. Moving to Higher Ground: Migration Response to Natural Disasters in the Early Twentieth Century
    American Economic Review, 2012, 102, (3), 238-44 Downloads View citations (168)

2009

  1. Harvests and Business Cycles in Nineteenth-Century America
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009, 124, (4), 1675-1727 Downloads View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Harvests and Business Cycles in Nineteenth-Century America, NBER Working Papers (2009) Downloads View citations (11) (2009)
  2. Horses at Work: Harnessing Power in Industrial America. By Ann Norton Greene. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2008. Pp. xiv, 322. $29.95, cloth
    The Journal of Economic History, 2009, 69, (3), 890-891 Downloads
  3. Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction. By Thomas K. McCraw. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2007. Pp. xi, 719. $35
    The Journal of Economic History, 2009, 69, (1), 324-325 Downloads
  4. The Emergence of Prediction Markets within Business Firms: A Skeptical Perspective from an Intrigued Academic
    Journal of Prediction Markets, 2009, 3, (1), 87-88 Downloads View citations (1)
  5. The Impact of the Boll Weevil, 1892–1932
    The Journal of Economic History, 2009, 69, (3), 685-718 Downloads View citations (18)

2008

  1. Biological Innovation and Productivity Growth in the Antebellum Cotton Economy
    The Journal of Economic History, 2008, 68, (4), 1123-1171 Downloads View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper Biological Innovation and Productivity Growth in the Antebellum Cotton Economy, NBER Working Papers (2008) Downloads View citations (25) (2008)

2007

  1. Not on My Farm! Resistance to Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication in the United States
    The Journal of Economic History, 2007, 67, (3), 768-809 Downloads View citations (6)

2005

  1. The World Economy: Historical Statistics. By Angus Maddison. Paris: OECD, 2003. Pp. 384. $24
    The Journal of Economic History, 2005, 65, (1), 283-284 Downloads

2004

  1. An Impossible Undertaking: The Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis in the United States
    The Journal of Economic History, 2004, 64, (3), 734-772 Downloads View citations (25)
  2. Historical Presidential Betting Markets
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2004, 18, (2), 127-141 Downloads View citations (75)
  3. Stochastic Darwinian equilibria in small and large populations
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2004, 49, (1), 171-214 Downloads View citations (6)
  4. The “Tuberculous Cattle Trust”: Disease Contagion in an Era of Regulatory Uncertainty
    The Journal of Economic History, 2004, 64, (4), 929-963 Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper The “Tuberculous Cattle Trust”: Disease Contagion in an Era of Regulatory Uncertainty, ICER Working Papers (2004) Downloads View citations (8) (2004)

2003

  1. Assessing the Importance of Tiebout Sorting: Local Heterogeneity from 1850 to 1990
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (5), 1648-1677 Downloads View citations (100)
  2. Hog-Round Marketing, Seed Quality, and Government Policy: Institutional Change in U.S. Cotton Production, 1920–1960
    The Journal of Economic History, 2003, 63, (2), 447-488 Downloads View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Hog Round Marketing, Seed Quality, and Government Policy: Institutional Change in U.S. Cotton Production, 1920-1960, NBER Working Papers (2003) Downloads View citations (5) (2003)
  3. Technological Change and the Environment. Edited by Arnulf Grübler, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, and William D. Nordhaus. Co-publication of Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C., and Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, 2002. Pp. v, 409. $49.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 2003, 63, (3), 921-922 Downloads

2002

  1. The Red Queen and the Hard Reds: Productivity Growth in American Wheat, 1800–1940
    The Journal of Economic History, 2002, 62, (4), 929-966 Downloads View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper The Red Queen and the Hard Reds: Productivity Growth in American Wheat, 1800-1940, NBER Working Papers (2002) Downloads View citations (26) (2002)

2001

  1. Non-Nash equilibria of Darwinian dynamics with applications to duopoly
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2001, 19, (3-4), 415-453 Downloads View citations (39)
  2. RESHAPING THE LANDSCAPE: THE IMPACT AND DIFFUSION OF THE TRACTOR IN AMERICAN AGRICULTURE, 1910–1960
    The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (3), 663-698 Downloads View citations (59)

2000

  1. Paradise Lost: California's Experience, America's Future. By Peter Schrag. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. Pp. xviii, 344. $14.95, paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 2000, 60, (3), 889-891 Downloads

1999

  1. “Horn of Plenty”: The Globalization of Mediterranean Horticulture and the Economic Development of Southern Europe, 1880–1930
    The Journal of Economic History, 1999, 59, (2), 316-352 Downloads View citations (9)

1997

  1. The Great Los Angeles Swindle: Oil, Stocks, and Scandal during the Roaring Twenties. By Jules Tygiel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994; Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. Pp. ix, $15.95, paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1997, 57, (4), 972-973 Downloads

1996

  1. Learning, Mutation, and Long-Run Equilibria in Games: A Comment
    Econometrica, 1996, 64, (2), 443-49 Downloads View citations (10)

1995

  1. Beyond the Threshold: An Analysis of the Characteristics and Behavior of Early Reaper Adopters
    The Journal of Economic History, 1995, 55, (1), 27-57 Downloads View citations (21)
  2. Learning, Capital Accumulation, and the Transformation of California Agriculture
    The Journal of Economic History, 1995, 55, (4), 773-800 Downloads View citations (7)

1993

  1. Induced Innovation in American Agriculture: A Reconsideration
    Journal of Political Economy, 1993, 101, (1), 100-118 Downloads View citations (67)

1992

  1. The Depression and the Urban West Coast, 1929–1933: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland. By William Mullins. Bloomington: University of Indiana Press, 1991. Pp. 192. $35.00 cloth
    The Journal of Economic History, 1992, 52, (2), 516-517 Downloads

1985

  1. Rationing without Government: The West Coast Gas Famine of 1920
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (5), 1044-55 Downloads View citations (24)

Books

2020

  1. Capital in the Nineteenth Century
    National Bureau of Economic Research Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (3)
    Also in NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (3)

2015

  1. Arresting Contagion: Science, Policy, and Conflicts over Animal Disease Control
    Economics Books, Harvard University Press View citations (10)

2008

  1. Creating Abundance
    Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (25)
    Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2008) View citations (11)

Edited books

2006

  1. The Global Economy in the 1990s
    Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (11)

Chapters

2024

  1. Wage Inequality in American Manufacturing, 1820–1940: New Evidence
    A chapter in The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives, 2024 Downloads
    See also Working Paper Wage Inequality in American Manufacturing, 1820-1940: New Evidence, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023) Downloads (2023)

2020

  1. Yield Performance of Corn under Heat Stress: A Comparison of Hybrid and Open-Pollinated Seeds during a Period of Technological Transformation, 1933–55
    A chapter in Economics of Research and Innovation in Agriculture, 2020, pp 107-129 Downloads

2014

  1. Were Antebellum Cotton Plantations Factories in the Field?
    A chapter in Enterprising America: Businesses, Banks, and Credit Markets in Historical Perspective, 2014, pp 245-276 Downloads

2012

  1. New Deal or No Deal in the Cotton South: The Effect of the AAA on the Agriculture Labor Structure
    A chapter in The Microeconomics of New Deal Policy, 2012 View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article New deal or no deal in the Cotton South: The effect of the AAA on the agricultural labor structure, Elsevier (2013) Downloads View citations (13) (2013)
  2. The Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis in the United States in a Comparative Perspective
    Springer View citations (1)

2011

  1. Did Plant Patents Create the American Rose?
    A chapter in The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity Revisited, 2011, pp 413-438 Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Did Plant Patents Create the American Rose?, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) Downloads View citations (2) (2011)
  2. Information and the Impact of Climate and Weather on Mortality Rates during the Great Depression
    A chapter in The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and Present, 2011, pp 131-167 Downloads View citations (26)
  3. Responding to Climatic Challenges: Lessons from U.S. Agricultural Development
    A chapter in The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and Present, 2011, pp 169-194 Downloads View citations (2)
  4. The Effects of Weather Shocks on Crop Prices in Unfettered Markets: The United States Prior to the Farm Programs, 1895-1932
    A chapter in The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and Present, 2011, pp 99-130 Downloads View citations (2)
 
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