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Working Papers

2021

1. Disease Surveillance, Mortality and Race: The Case of HIV/AIDS in the United States
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   Also in CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2021)
2. Ireland in a Danish mirror: A microlevel comparison of the productivity of Danish and Irish creameries before the First World War
   Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES)
3. Leaving Their Mark: Using Danish Student Grade Lists to Construct a More Detailed Measure of Historical Human Capital
   Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (1)
4. Resilience, Adaptability and Transformability: Danish Butter Factories in the Face of Coal Shortages
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   Also in Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) (2021)
   CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2021)
5. Sovereign Debt and Supersanctions in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Four Southeast European Countries, 1878-1913
   Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (4)
6. The Sleeping Giant Who Left for America: The Determinants and Impact of Danish Emigration During the Age of Mass Migration
   Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES)

2020

7. 'Getting to Denmark': The Role of Elites for Development
   Discussion Papers on Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics View citations (6)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (11)
   CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2018) View citations (12)
   IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola (2018) View citations (15)
   Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) (2018) View citations (18)
8. Arresting the Sword of Damocles: Dating the Transition to the Post-Malthusian Era in Denmark
   Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (2)
9. Black-White Disparities During an Epidemic: Life Expectancy and Lifespan Disparity in the US, 1980-2000
   CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article in Economics & Human Biology (2021)
10. Denmark and Russia: What can we learn from the historical comparison of two great Arctic agricultural empires?
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Russian Journal of Economics (2020)
11. Globalization and Empire: Market integration and international trade between Canada, the United States and Britain, 1750-1870
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020)
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) (2020)
12. Immigrant Communities and Knowledge Spillovers: Danish-Americans and the Development of the Dairy Industry in the United States
    Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University, Center for Growth and Opportunity View citations (1)
    Also in CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2019) View citations (2)
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) (2019) View citations (2)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (2)
13. Is there a Refugee Gap? Evidence from Over a Century of Danish Naturalizations
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (7)
    Also in Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) (2020) View citations (7)
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2020) View citations (7)
14. Opening the Black Box of the Danish Dairy Cooperatives: A Productivity Analysis
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES)
15. Pandemics and Protectionism: Evidence from the “Spanish” flu
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE)
    Also in IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola (2020) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Palgrave Communications (2021)
16. Populism and the First Wave of Globalization: Evidence from the 1892 US Presidential Election
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (1)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (1)
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) (2020) View citations (1)
17. Standards of Living and Skill Premia in Eighteenth Century Denmark: What can we learn from a large microlevel wage database?
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (2)
18. Success through failure? Four Centuries of Searching for Danish Coal
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (1)
19. Winners and Losers from Enclosure: Evidence from Danish Land Inequality 1682-1895
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (4)
    Also in CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2020) View citations (4)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (5)

2019

20. Days Worked and Seasonality Patterns of Work in Eighteenth Century Denmark
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (2)
    Also in Discussion Papers on Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics (2019) View citations (2)
21. Malthus in Pre-industrial Northern Italy? A Cointegration Approach
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (1)
22. THE COST OF IGNORANCE: REPUTATIONAL MARK-UP IN THE MARKET FOR TUSCAN RED WINES
    Working Papers, American Association of Wine Economists
    Also in Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics (2007)
23. Without coal in the age of steam and dams in the age of electricity: an explanation for the failure of Portugal to industrialize before the Second World War
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES)
    Also in Lund Papers in Economic History, Lund University, Department of Economic History (2018) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in European Review of Economic History (2021)

2018

24. The introduction of serfdom and labor markets
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (6)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (7)
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) (2018)

2017

25. Openness and growth in a historical perspective: a VECM approach
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (2)
26. ÔRationalÕ Farmers and the Emergence of Modern Accounting in Danish Dairying
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES)

2015

27. A Note on Danish Living Standards through Historical Wage Series, 1731-1913
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (11)
28. Competition between organisational forms in Danish and Irish dairying around the turn of the twentieth century
    Discussion Papers in Environment and Development Economics, University of St. Andrews, School of Geography and Sustainable Development View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article in Business History (2021)
29. Contracts and Cooperation: The Relative Failure of the Irish Dairy Industry in the Late Nineteenth Century Reconsidered
    Discussion Papers in Environment and Development Economics, University of St. Andrews, School of Geography and Sustainable Development View citations (12)
    Also in CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2015) View citations (12)
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) (2015) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article in European Review of Economic History (2015)
30. The Danish Agricultural Revolution in an Energy Perspective: A Case of Development with Few Domestic Energy Sources
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (1)
    Also in Discussion Papers on Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics (2014) View citations (10)
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) (2014) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in Economic History Review (2016)

2014

31. How the Danes Discovered Britain: The International Integration of the Danish Dairy Industry Before 1880
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (1)
    Also in IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola (2014) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in European Review of Economic History (2015)
32. Just Add Milk: A Productivity Analysis of the Revolutionary Changes in Nineteenth Century Danish Dairying
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES)
    Also in IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola (2014) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Economic History Review (2015)

2013

33. Does Welfare Spending Crowd Out Charitable Activity? Evidence from Historical England under the Poor Laws
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2017)
34. Greasing the Wheels of Rural Transformation? Margarine and the Competition for the British Butter Market
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Economic History Review (2014)
35. North and South: Social Mobility and Welfare Spending in Preindustrial England
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (7)
36. Pre-Reformation Roots of the Protestant Ethic
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2017)
37. Rural Infrastructure and Agricultural Market Integration in the United States: A long run perspective
    Discussion Papers on Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics View citations (1)

2012

38. Religious orders and growth through cultural change in pre-industrial England
    Discussion Papers on Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    Also in DEGIT Conference Papers, DEGIT, Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade (2010) View citations (1)
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics (2011) View citations (11)
39. Tariffs and income: A time series analysis for 24 countries
    Discussion Papers on Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    Also in IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola (2012) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History (2013)
40. The cost of railroad regulation: The disintegration of American Agricultural Markets in the interwar period
    Discussion Papers on Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics
    Also in Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics (2011) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Economic History Review (2013)

2011

41. French Revolution or Industrial Revolution? A Note on the Contrasting Experiences of England and France up to 1800
    Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History
    See also Journal Article in Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History (2012)
42. Law and Peace: Contracts and the Success of the Danish Dairy Cooperatives
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (2012)
43. Survival of the Richest? Social Status, Fertility, and Social Mobility in England 1541-1824
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (37)
    See also Journal Article in European Review of Economic History (2011)
44. The role of technology and institutions for growth: Danish creameries in the late nineteenth century
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (23)
    Also in IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola (2010)
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics (2010) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in European Review of Economic History (2011)
45. The role of technology and institutions for growth: Danish creameries in the late-19th century
    Working Papers, Economic History Society View citations (8)

2010

46. Malta and the Nineteenth Century Grain Trade: British free trade in a microcosm of Empire?
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics
47. The Determinants of Subsistence Income in a Malthusian World
    Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University View citations (1)
48. The Strange Birth of Liberal Denmark: Danish trade protection and the growth of the dairy industry since the mid-nineteenth century
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Economic History Review (2012)

2009

49. Frontier farmers and the Atlantic economy: another look at the causes of the American grain invasion of Britainin the nineteenth century
    Working Papers, Economic History Society
50. Something Rational in the State of Denmark? The Case of an Outsider in the Cobden-Chevalier Network 1860-1875
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (4)

2008

51. A Malthusian model for all seasons?
    PSE Working Papers, HAL
    Also in Working Papers, HAL (2008)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Bulletin (2009)
52. Malthus in Cointegration Space: A new look at living standards and population in pre-industrial England
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (16)
53. Pushing Wheat: Why Supply Mattered for the American Grain Invasion of Britain in the Nineteenth Century
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (1)
54. The Long American Grain Invasion of Britain: Market integration and the wheat trade between North America and Britain from the Eighteenth Century
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, Economic History Society (2008) View citations (2)

2007

55. A Malthusian Model for all Seasons: A Theoretical Approach to Labour Input and Labour Surplus in Traditional Agriculture
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics
56. From Preventive to Permissive Checks: The Changing Nature of the Malthusian Relationship Between Nuptiality and the Price of Provisions in the Nineteenth Century
    Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (5)
    Also in Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics (2007) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History (2009)

2006

57. 1846 and All That: The Rise and Fall of British Wheat Protection in the Nineteenth Century
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (7)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Arresting the Sword of Damocles: The transition to the post-Malthusian era in Denmark
   Explorations in Economic History, 2022, 84, (C)
2. Winners and losers from agrarian reform: Evidence from Danish land inequality 1682–1895
   Journal of Development Economics, 2022, 155, (C)

2021

3. Black-white disparities during an epidemic: Life expectancy and lifespan disparity in the US, 1980–2000
   Economics & Human Biology, 2021, 40, (C) View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2020)
4. Competition between organisational forms in Danish and Irish dairying around the turn of the twentieth century
   Business History, 2021, 63, (2), 314-341 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2015)
5. Erratum to: Without coal in the age of steam and dams in the age of electricity: an explanation for the failure of Portugal to industrialize before the Second World War
   European Review of Economic History, 2021, 25, (2), 404-404
6. Malthus in preindustrial Northern Italy?
   Journal of Population Economics, 2021, 34, (3), 1003-1026
7. Pandemics and protectionism: evidence from the “Spanish” flu
   Palgrave Communications, 2021, 8, (1), 1-9
   See also Working Paper (2020)
8. Special issue on ‘Agriculture and economic development’
   Scandinavian Economic History Review, 2021, 69, (3), 197-198
9. Without coal in the age of steam and dams in the age of electricity: an explanation for the failure of Portugal to industrialize before the Second World War
   European Review of Economic History, 2021, 25, (1), 85-105 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2019)

2020

10. Denmark and Russia: What can we learn from the historical comparison of two great Arctic agricultural empires?
    Russian Journal of Economics, 2020, 7, (2), 105-118
    See also Working Paper (2020)

2019

11. Accounting for the wealth of Denmark: a case study of Smithian growth using the emergence of modern accounting in Danish dairying
    The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2019, 26, (4), 659-697 View citations (9)

2018

12. Editorial
    Scandinavian Economic History Review, 2018, 66, (2), 125-126
13. North and south: long-run social mobility in England and attitudes toward welfare
    Cliometrica, 2018, 12, (2), 251-276 View citations (2)

2017

14. A quest for useful knowledge: the early development of agricultural accounting in Denmark and Northern Germany
    Accounting History Review, 2017, 27, (1), 73-99 View citations (11)
15. Does Welfare Spending Crowd Out Charitable Activity? Evidence from Historical England Under the Poor Laws
    Economic Journal, 2017, 127, (599), 50-83 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
16. Karl Gunnar Persson (1943–2016)
    European Review of Economic History, 2017, 21, (1), 133-139
    Also in Scandinavian Economic History Review, 2016, 64, (3), 299-301 (2016)
17. Pre‐reformation Roots of the Protestant Ethic
    Economic Journal, 2017, 127, (604), 1756-1793 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper (2013)

2016

18. The Danish agricultural revolution in an energy perspective: a case of development with few domestic energy sources
    Economic History Review, 2016, 69, (3), 844-869 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper (2015)

2015

19. Contracts and cooperation: the relative failure of the Irish dairy industry in the late nineteenth century reconsidered
    European Review of Economic History, 2015, 19, (4), 412-431 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper (2015)
20. How the Danes discovered Britain: the international integration of the Danish dairy industry before 1880
    European Review of Economic History, 2015, 19, (4), 432-453 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (2014)
21. Just add milk: a productivity analysis of the revolutionary changes in nineteenth-century Danish dairying
    Economic History Review, 2015, 68, (4), 1132-1153 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper (2014)

2014

22. Greasing the wheels of rural transformation? Margarine and the competition for the British butter market
    Economic History Review, 2014, 67, (3), 769-792 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
23. Malthus in cointegration space: evidence of a post-Malthusian pre-industrial England
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2014, 19, (1), 105-140 View citations (29)

2013

24. Globalization revisited: Market integration and the wheat trade between North America and Britain from the eighteenth century
    Explorations in Economic History, 2013, 50, (1), 88-98 View citations (20)
25. Tariffs and income: a time series analysis for 24 countries
    Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2013, 7, (3), 207-235 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper (2012)
26. The cost of railroad regulation: the disintegration of American agricultural markets in the interwar period
    Economic History Review, 2013, 66, (4), 1017-1038 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper (2012)

2012

27. French revolution or industrial revolution? A note on the contrasting experiences of England and France up to 1800
    Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2012, 6, (1), 79-88 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
28. Law and Peace: Contracts and the Success of the Danish Dairy Cooperatives
    The Journal of Economic History, 2012, 72, (1), 197-224 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
29. The determinants of income in a Malthusian equilibrium
    Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 97, (1), 112-117 View citations (25)
30. The strange birth of liberal Denmark: Danish trade protection and the growth of the dairy industry since the mid‐nineteenth century
    Economic History Review, 2012, 65, (2), 770-788 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper (2010)

2011

31. Survival of the richest? Social status, fertility and social mobility in England 1541-1824
    European Review of Economic History, 2011, 15, (3), 365-392 View citations (40)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
32. The role of technology and institutions for growth: Danish creameries in the late nineteenth century
    European Review of Economic History, 2011, 15, (3), 475-493 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper (2011)

2009

33. A malthusian model for all seasons
    Economics Bulletin, 2009, 29, (2), 769-774
    See also Working Paper (2008)
34. From preventive to permissive checks: the changing nature of the Malthusian relationship between nuptiality and the price of provisions in the nineteenth century
    Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2009, 3, (1), 55-70 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper (2007)

Books

2019

1. A Land of Milk and Butter
   University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (32)

2015

2. An Economic History of Europe
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (7)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2015) View citations (17)

Chapters

2018

1. Agriculture and Rural Development
   Palgrave Macmillan

Editor

1. Working Papers
   European Historical Economics Society (EHES)