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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), (more information at EDIRC) CESifo, (more information at EDIRC) Department of Economics, University of Kansas, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2021

1. Licence to Dine: 007 and the Real Exchange Rate
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2016

2. First Cabin Fares from New York to the British Isles, 1826-1914
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Chapter First Cabin Fares from New York to the British Isles, 1826–1914, Research in Economic History, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2017) (2017)

2011

3. Economic Growth in the Mid Atlantic Region: Conjectural Estimates for 1720 to 1800
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article Economic growth in the Mid-Atlantic region: Conjectural estimates for 1720 to 1800, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2014) View citations (4) (2014)

2009

4. Fluctuations in Overseas Travel by Americans, 1820 to 2000
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2008

5. Commodity Exports, Invisible Exports and Terms of Trade for the Middle Colonies, 1720 to 1775
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
6. The American Invasion of Europe: The Long Term Rise in Overseas Travel, 1820-2000
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
7. The Role of Exports in the Economy of Colonial North America: New Estimates for the Middle Colonies
   WORKING PAPERS SERIES IN THEORETICAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS, University of Kansas, Department of Economics View citations (2)

2006

8. Exports and Slow Economic Growth in the Lower South Region, 1720-1800
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2001

9. Agricultural Labor Productivity in the Lower South, 1720-1800
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article Agricultural labor productivity in the Lower South, 1720-1800, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2002) View citations (1) (2002)

2000

10. Conjectural Estimates of Economic Growth in the Lower South, 1720 to 1800
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
11. Development, Health, Nutrition, and Mortality: The Case of the 'Antebellum Puzzle' in the United States
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
12. Slave Prices in the Lower South, 1722-1815
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
13. South Carolina Slave Prices, 1722-1809
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

1997

14. Nutritional Status and Agricultural Surpluses in the Antebellum United States
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)

1991

15. Long Term Changes in U.S. Agricultural Output per Worker, 1800 to 1900
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

1989

16. Economic Growth Before 1860: Revised Conjectures
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)

1987

17. The Farm Labor Force by Region, 1820-1860: Revised Estimates and Implications for Growth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

Undated

18. Transportation Improvements and Land Values in the United States: A Hedonic Approach
    Working Paper Series, North Carolina State University, Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2020

1. Manufacturing Advantage: War, the State, and the Origins of American Industry, 1776–1848. By Lindsay Schakenbach Regele. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019. Pp. xi, 263. $59.95, cloth
   The Journal of Economic History, 2020, 80, (1), 307-308

2015

2. Sachkapitalrenditen im historischen Vergleich – Deutschland im Abwärtstrend?
   WSI-Mitteilungen, 2015, 68, (4), 280-289

2014

3. Economic growth in the Mid-Atlantic region: Conjectural estimates for 1720 to 1800
   Explorations in Economic History, 2014, 51, (C), 41-59 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Economic Growth in the Mid Atlantic Region: Conjectural Estimates for 1720 to 1800, NBER Working Papers (2011) (2011)

2013

4. Variability in overseas travel by Americans, 1820–2000
   Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2013, 7, (3), 319-339 View citations (2)

2012

5. The long‐term rise in overseas travel by Americans, 1820–2000
   Economic History Review, 2012, 65, (1), 144-167 View citations (3)

2011

6. Did African Americans experience the [`]Antebellum Puzzle'? Evidence from the United States Colored Troops during the Civil War
   Economics & Human Biology, 2011, 9, (1), 45-55 View citations (8)

2006

7. Slave Prices, the African Slave Trade, and Productivity in Eighteenth-Century South Carolina: A Reply
   The Journal of Economic History, 2006, 66, (4), 1066-1071

2004

8. Tourism in America before World War II
   The Journal of Economic History, 2004, 64, (2), 289-327 View citations (1)

2003

9. The Short and the Dead: Nutrition, Mortality, and the “Antebellum Puzzle” in the United States
   The Journal of Economic History, 2003, 63, (2), 382-413 View citations (48)

2002

10. Agricultural labor productivity in the Lower South, 1720-1800
    Explorations in Economic History, 2002, 39, (4), 390-424 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Agricultural Labor Productivity in the Lower South, 1720-1800, NBER Working Papers (2001) (2001)

2001

11. SLAVE PRICES AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA ECONOMY, 1722–1809
    The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (3), 616-639 View citations (6)

1999

12. Was Ecomomic Growth Likely in Colonial British North America?
    The Journal of Economic History, 1999, 59, (1), 17-40 View citations (16)

1998

13. Transportation Improvements and Land Values in the Antebellum United States: A Hedonic Approach
    The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 1998, 16, (2), 173-89 View citations (25)

1993

14. Agricultural Productivity Growth During the Decade of the Civil War
    The Journal of Economic History, 1993, 53, (3), 527-548
15. Consumption of Farm Output and Economic Growth in the Old Northwest, 1800–1860
    The Journal of Economic History, 1993, 53, (2), 308-318 View citations (2)
16. Long-term changes in US agricultural output per worker, 1800-1800
    Economic History Review, 1993, 46, (2), 324-341 View citations (13)
17. United States and Canada - From Market-Places to a Market Economy: The Transformation of Rural Massachusetts, 1750–1850. By Winifred Barr Rothenberg. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992. Pp. xiv, 275. $35.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1993, 53, (3), 679-680

1991

18. Agriculture and National Development: Views on the Nineteenth Century. Edited by Lou Ferleger. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1990. Pp. xxiii, 363. $39.95, cloth; $19.95, paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1991, 51, (2), 509-511

1985

19. Labor Force, Employment and Productivity in Historical Perspective. By Michael Darby. Los Angeles: University of California at Los Angeles, Institute of Industrial Relations, 1984. Monograph and Research Series No. 37. Pp. xi, 151. $7.00 paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1985, 45, (1), 175-176

1981

20. Frontiers of Change: Early Industrialism in America. By Thomas C. Cochran. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1981. Pp. 179. $15.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1981, 41, (4), 929-931

1980

21. The Regional Diffusion and Adoption of the Steam Engine in American Manufacturing
    The Journal of Economic History, 1980, 40, (2), 281-308 View citations (35)

1979

22. Coal, Iron and Slaves: Industrial Slavery in Maryland and Virginia, 1715–1865. By Ronald L. Lewis. Contributions in Labor History, No. 6. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1979. Pp xii, 283. $22.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1979, 39, (4), 1071-1072

1978

23. The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business. By Alfred D. ChandlerJr, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1977. Pp. xv, 608
    The Journal of Economic History, 1978, 38, (3), 757-761

1975

24. Comparative Regional Development in Antebellum Manufacturing
    The Journal of Economic History, 1975, 35, (1), 182-208 View citations (3)
25. Market Structure before the Age of Big Business: Concentration and Profit in Early Southern Manufacturing*
    Business History Review, 1975, 49, (3), 312-336 View citations (1)
26. Profitability in southern manufacturing: Estimates for 1860
    Explorations in Economic History, 1975, 12, (3), 211-231 View citations (2)

1974

27. The impact of the rural market on the growth of the urban workforce: United States, 1870-1900
    Explorations in Economic History, 1974, 11, (2), 137-153

1972

28. The Industrial Distribution of the Urban and Rural Workforces: Estimates for the United States, 1870–1910
    The Journal of Economic History, 1972, 32, (4), 919-937

1971

29. Large-Scale Manufacturing in the South and West, 1850–1860*
    Business History Review, 1971, 45, (1), 1-17
30. The Use of Simulation Techniques in Historical Analysis: Railroads versus Canals
    The Journal of Economic History, 1971, 31, (4), 854-884 View citations (2)
31. Urbanization and the growth of the service workforce
    Explorations in Economic History, 1971, 8, (3), 241-258 View citations (1)

1968

32. United States Transport Advance and Externalities: A Comment
    The Journal of Economic History, 1968, 28, (4), 631-634

1967

33. The Service Sector in the United States, 1839 to 1899
    The Journal of Economic History, 1967, 27, (4), 625-628 View citations (11)

Chapters

2024

1. Travel and Tourism
   Springer

2017

2. First Cabin Fares from New York to the British Isles, 1826–1914
   A chapter in Research in Economic History, 2017, vol. 33, pp 19-63
   See also Working Paper First Cabin Fares from New York to the British Isles, 1826-1914, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (1) (2016)

2013

3. Exports from the Colonies and States of the Middle Atlantic Region 1720–1800
   A chapter in Research in Economic History, 2013, pp 257-305

2007

4. Exports and the economy of the Lower South region, 1720–1770
   A chapter in Research in Economic History, 2007, pp 1-68

1992

5. U. S. Labor Force Estimates and Economic Growth, 1800-1860
   A chapter in American Economic Growth and Standards of Living before the Civil War, 1992, pp 19-78 View citations (50)

1986

6. Revised Estimates of the United States Workforce, 1800-1860
   A chapter in Long-Term Factors in American Economic Growth, 1986, pp 641-676 View citations (19)

1969

7. The Service Industries in the Nineteenth Century
   A chapter in Production and Productivity in the Service Industries, 1969, pp 287-381 View citations (21)