Economic Growth and Development

Luddites and Demographic Transition (with Kevin H. O’Rourke and Alan M. Taylor) – Journal of Economic Growth

The Road Not Taken: What is the “Appropriate Path to Development When Growth is Unbalanced? – Macroeconomic Dynamics

Does Nation Building Spur Economic Growth? (with Ellyn Creasey and Katherine A. Smith) – Economic Inquiry

Nation Building and Economic Growth (with Ellyn Creasey and Katherine A. Smith) – American Economic Review P&P

A Simple Theory on the Effects of Industrialization – Macroeconomic Dynamics

Product Differentiation and Consumer Surplus in the Microfinance Industry (with Darrell J. Glaser, Katherine A. Smith and Daniel Chan) – B.E. Press

Computerization and Immigration: Theory and Evidence from the United States (with Gaetano Basso and Giovanni Peri) – revisions requested

Trade, Technology and the Great Divergence (with Kevin H. O’Rourke and Alan M. Taylor)

Rise of the Machines Redux: Education, Technological Transition and Long-run Growth – new version coming soon

Economic and Naval History 

Ex Tridenti Mercatus – Sea Power and Trade during the Age of Globalization (with Darrell J. Glaser) – Journal of International Economics

Human Capital and Technological Transition: Insights from the U.S. Navy (with Darrell J. Glaser) – Journal of Economic History

Fighting the Forces of Gravity – Seapower and Maritime Trade Between the 18th and 20th Centuries – Explorations in Economic History

Engineering and Labor Specialization During the Industrial Revolution – Cliometrica

Military Officer Retention and Military Spending – The Rise of the Military Industrial Complex During the Second World War – Economic History Review (forthcoming)

Development and Retention of Human Capital in Large Bureaucracies (with Darrell J. Glaser)

Sea Power (with Mark Koyama and Tuan-Hwee Sng) – new version coming soon

Education

Bad Company – Understanding Negative Peer Effects in College Achievement (with Ryan R. Brady and Michael Insler) – European Economic Review

Filling the Gap-year: College Preparatory Programs and College Success  (with Phoebe Kotlikoff and Katherine A. Smith) – revisions requested

Herding – A Theory and Some Evidence from College Major Selections (with Michael Insler and Katherine A. Smith)

Peers, Personality and Performance  (with Ryan R. Brady and Michael Insler)

Soft Skills and Sequential Learning (with Michael Insler, Alex McQuoid and Katherine Smith) – new version coming soon