REFEREED PUBLICATIONS |
"The Demand for Zoos and Aquariums," Tourism Review International, 2008, Co-Authors: Dennis Meritt Jr. |
"Measuring Parity: Tying into the �Idealized� Standard Deviation," Journal of Sports Economics, August 2006 , Co-Authors: David Haddock
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"Similar Economic Histories: Different Industrial Structures: Transatlantic Contrasts in the Evolution of Professional Sports Leagues," Journal of Economic History, December 2005 , Co-Authors: David Haddock
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"Public Goods Provision: Lessons from the Tellico Dam Controversy," Natural Resources Journal, Fall 2004 , Co-Authors: Brooks Kaiser
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"From Big Shoulders to Big Macs," American Behavioral Scientist, October 2003
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"Death and Spending: Did Urban Mortality Shocks Lead to Municipal Expenditure Increases?," Annales de d�mographie historique, 2001 , Co-Authors: Elyce Rotella
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"A Canal and Its City: A Selective Business History of Chicago," De Paul Business Law Review, Fall/Winter 1998
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"The Growing Commercialization of Zoos and Aquariums," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Spring 1998 , Co-Authors: Dennis Meritt, Jr.
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"Historical Perspective on Infrastructure and U.S. Economic Development," Regional Science and Urban Economics, April 1997
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PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS |
"Survival in 19th Century Cities: The Larger the City, the Smaller Your Chances," NBER Cohort Studies Group, Los Angeles, April 2008, Co-presenting: Sok Chul Hong |
"Survival in 19th Century Cities: The Larger the City, the Smaller Your Chances," Canadian Network in Economic History, Montreal, April 2008, Co-presenting: Sok Chul Hong |
"Survival in 19th Century Cities: The Larger the City, the Smaller Your Chances," Northwestern Economic History Workshop, May 2008, Co-presenting: Sok Chul Hong |
"Survival in 19th Century Cities: The Larger the City, the Smaller Your Chances," University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse Economics Department, May 2008 , Co-presenting: Sok Chul Hong |
"Survival in 19th Century Cities: The Larger the City, the Smaller Your Chances," World Congress of Cliometrics, Dalkeith, Scotland, July 2008, Co-presenting: Sok Chul Hong |
"Changes in the Process of Aging During the Twentieth Century," University of Chicago GSB Management Conference, May 2008 |
"Survival in 19th Century Cities: The Larger the City, the Smaller Your Chances," Economic History Association, September 2007, Co-presenting: Sok Chul Hong |
"Survival in 19th Century Cities: The Larger the City, the Smaller Your Chances," Social Science History Association, November 2007, Co-presenting: Sok Chul Hong |
"Survival in 19th Century Cities: The Larger the City, the Smaller Your Chances," Workshop in Economics and Biodemography of Aging, University of Chicago, September 2007, Co-presenting: Sok Chul Hong |
"Survival in 19th Century Cities: The Larger the City, the Smaller Your Chances," Illinois Economics Association, October 2007, Co-presenting: Sok Chul Hong |
"Epidemics, Demonstration Effects, and Municipal Investment in Sanitation Capital," Seminar in Health Promotion Economics, University of Chicago, February 2006, Co-presenting: Elyce Rotella
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"Epidemics, Demonstration Effects, and Municipal Investment in Sanitation Capital," Department of Economics, Queen's University, March 2006, Co-presenting: Elyce Rotella
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"Epidemics, Demonstration Effects, and Municipal Investment in Sanitation Capital," Department of Economics, University of Toronto, March 2006 , Co-presenting: Elyce Rotella
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"Epidemics, Demonstration Effects, and Municipal Investment in Sanitation Capital," Department of Economics, University of Southern California, March 2006 , Co-presenting: Elyce Rotella
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"Epidemics, Demonstration Effects, and Municipal Investment in Sanitation Capital," Economic History Workshop, Northwestern University, April 2006 , Co-presenting: Elyce Rotella
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"Epidemics, Demonstration Effects, and Municipal Investment in Sanitation Capital," Department of Economics, University of Kansas, April 2006 , Co-presenting: Elyce Rotella
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"Epidemics, Demonstration Effects, and Municipal Investment in Sanitation Capital," Center for Population Economics, University of Chicago, September 2006 , Co-presenting: Elyce Rotella
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"Epidemics, Demonstration Effects, and Municipal Investment in Sanitation Capital," Departments of Economics and History, University of British Columbia, November 2005 , Co-presenting: Elyce Rotella
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"Epidemics, Demonstration Effects, and Municipal Investment in Sanitation Capital," Departments of Economics and History, University of British Columbia, November 2005 , Co-presenting: Elyce Rotella
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"Those Peculiar Sports Leagues: An Economic History of Transatlantic Contrasts," Canadian Network for Economic History, April 2005, Co-presenting: David Haddock
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"Those Peculiar Sports Leagues: An Economic History of Transatlantic Contrasts," Southern Economics Association, November 2004, Co-presenting: David Haddock
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"Those Peculiar Sports Leagues: An Economic History of Transatlantic Contrasts," World Cliometric Conference, Venice, Italy, July 2004, Co-presenting: David Haddock
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"Those Peculiar Sports Leagues: An Economic History of Transatlantic Contrasts," DePaul University Economics Department Workshop, March 2004 , Co-presenting: David Haddock
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"Those Peculiar Sports Leagues: An Economic History of Transatlantic Contrasts," Northwestern University Economic History Workshop, April 2004 , Co-presenting: David Haddock
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"Sanitation in Chicago," University of Chicago, Center for Population Economics, August 2004
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"History for the Present: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History," Social Science History Association, Baltimore, MD, November 2003
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"Epidemics, Demonstration Effects, and Municipal Investment in Sanitation Capital," Social Science History Association, Baltimore, MD, November 2003 , Co-presenting: Elyce Rotella
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"Economics, the Environment, and the US Congress: A Century of Decisions," Northwestern University Economic History Seminar, May 2003 , Co-presenting: Brooks Kaiser
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"Comments on What Drives Regional Economic Change?," Social Science History Association meetings, Chicago, Illinois, November 2002
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"From Big Shoulders to Big Macs," American Sociological Association, Chicago, Illinois, August 2002
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"Comments on Public vs. Private Water Supply Systems," Economic History Association, St. Louis, Missouri, October 2002
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"The Evolution of Zoological Parks and Aquariums, 1960-1990," Loyola Economics Department Seminar series, March 2001
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"The Evolution of Zoological Parks and Aquariums, 1960-1990," Business History Conference, Miami, Florida, April 2001
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"Death and Spending: Did Urban Mortality Shocks Lead to Municipal Expenditure," International Congress of Historical Sciences, Oslo, August 2000 , Co-presenting: Elyce Rotella
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"Economics, Politics, and the Endangered Species Act," Northern Illinois University, Departmental Workshop, April 2000 , Co-presenting: Brooks Kaiser
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"Death and Spending: Did Urban Mortality Shocks Lead to Municipal Expenditure," International Congress of Historical Sciences Pre-conference Oslo, June 1999 , Co-presenting: Elyce Rotella
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"Economics, Politics, and the Endangered Species Act," DePaul University, Departmental Workshop, January 1999 , Co-presenting: Brooks Kaiser
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"Economics, the Environment, and the US Congress: A Century of Decisions," International Economic History Congress, Seville, Spain, August 1998 , Co-presenting: Brooks Kaiser
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"Economics, Politics, and the Endangered Species Act," University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign Environmental Economics Workshop, February 1998 , Co-presenting: Brooks Kaiser
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"On Donations Becoming an Endangered Species," Regional Conference Proceedings, American Zoo and Aquarium Association, 1998 , Co-presenting: Dennis Meritt, Jr.
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"Economics, the Environment, and the US Congress: A Century of Decisions," International Economic History Congress, Seville, April 1998 , Co-presenting: Brooks Kaiser
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"On Donations Becoming an Endangered Species," Central Regional Conference, American Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Grand Rapids, April 1998 , Co-presenting: Dennis Meritt Jr.
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"Economics, Politics, and the Endangered Species Act," Conference on Quantitative Methods in Canadian Economic History, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, May 1997 , Co-presenting: Brooks Kaiser
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"Death and Spending: Did Urban Mortality Shocks Lead to Municipal Expenditure," Social Science History Association, Washington, DC, October 1997 , Co-presenting: Elyce Rotella
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"Death and Spending: Did Urban Mortality Shocks Lead to Municipal Expenditure," University of California-Berkeley Economics Department Seminar, November 1997 , Co-presenting: Elyce Rotella
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"The Growing Commercialism of Zoos and Aquariums," Conference on the Non Profit Sector, Evanston, January 1997; Northwestern University Economic History Workshop, May 1997 , Co-presenting: Dennis Meritt, Jr.
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"New Social Science Perspectives to Business History," International Business History Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, August 1997
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"What Can Economists Teach Historians?," Social Science History Association, Washington, DC, October 1997
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"Death and Spending: Did Urban Mortality Shocks Lead to Municipal Expenditure Increases," Urban History Seminar, Chicago Historical Society, December 1996 , Co-presenting: Elyce Rotella
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"Economics, Politics, and the Endangered Species Act," Northwestern University Economic History Seminar, May 1996 , Co-presenting: Brooks Kaiser
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"Economics, Politics, and the Endangered Species Act," University of Illinois-Chicago Departmental Workshop, November 1996 , Co-presenting: Brooks Kaiser
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BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS |
Reflections on the Cliometrics Revolution: Conversations with Economic (Routledge), 2008, John Lyons and Samuel Williamson |
American Economic History (Addison-Wesley) , 7th edition, 2006 , Co-Authors: Jonathan Hughes
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History of World Trade since 1450 (New York: MacMillan Reference Books) , 2005 , Associate Editor
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Historical Statistics of the United States, Millennial Edition (New York: Cambridge University Press) , 2005 , Chapter Editor
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The Encyclopedia of Chicago (University of Chicago Press) , 2004 , Consulting Editor
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Oxford Encyclopaedia of Economic History (Oxford University Press) , 2003 , Area Editor
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American Economic History (Addison Wesley) , 6th edition, 2002 , Co-Authors: Jonathan Hughes
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American Economic History (Addison Wesley) , 5th edition, 1997 , Co-Authors: Jonathan Hughes
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CONTRIBUTIONS OR CHAPTERS IN BOOKS |
"Introduction," John Lyons, Louis Cain, and Samuel Williamson eds., Reflections on the Cliometric Revolution, (Routledge), 2008 |
"Epidemics, Demonstration Effects, and Municipal Investment in Sanitation Capital," Joshua Rosenbloom eds., Quantitative Economic History: The Good of Counting, (Routledge), 2008, Co-Authors: Elyce Rotella |
"Sanitation in Chicago: A Strategy for a Lakefront Metropolis," Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff eds., Encyclopedia of Chicago, on-line edition, (Chicago: Chicago Historical Society), Interpretive Digital Essay: Water in Chicago 2005
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"Transportation," Carter, Gartner, Haines, Olmstead, Sutch, and Wright eds., Historical Statistics of the United States, Millennial Edition, (New York: Cambridge University Press), 2005
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"Annexation and Consolidation, Infrastructure, Innovation and Invention, Wastewater," Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff eds., The Encyclopedia of Chicago, (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press), 2004
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"Endangered species and Snail darter," Shepard Krech III, Carolyn Merchant, and John McNeill eds., Encyclopedia of World Environmental History, (New York: Berkshire/Routledge), 2003
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"Armour Family, Chicago, and other articles," Joel Mokyr eds., Oxford Encyclopaedia of Economic History , (New York: Oxford University Press), 2003
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"Alfred Bloomingdale, Harrison P. Eddy, and Harry Fox," American National Biography, (Oxford University Press), 1999
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"Zoos and Aquariums," To Profit or Not to Profit, (Cambridge University Press), 1998 , Co-Authors: Dennis Meritt, Jr.,
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"On Donations Becoming an Endangered Species," Regional Conference Proceedings, (Wheeling, WV: American Zoo and Aquarium Association), 1998 , Co-Authors: Dennis Meritt, Jr. ,
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"Cliometrics," (A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing (Garland Publishing)), 1998 , Co-Authors: Samuel Williamson,
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"The Creation of the Sanitary District of Chicago," (A Wild Kind of Boldness: The Chicago History Reader (William B. Eerdmans Publishing)), 1998
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"Water Pollution," (The Encyclopedia of Urban America: The Cities and Suburbs), 1998
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"History of Business and Industry," (Collier's Encyclopaedia), 1997
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BOOK REVIEWS |
Steven High and David W. Lewis, "Corporate Wasteland: The Landscape and Memory of Deindustrialization," Journal of American History, September 2008 |
Peter Annin, "The Great Lakes Water Wars," Natural Resources Journal, Fall 2007 |
Edward L. Glaeser and Claudia Goldin, editors, "Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America�s Economic History," EH.net, August 2006
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Margaret Garb, "City of American Dreams: A History of Home Ownership and Housing Reform in Chicago, 1871-1919," Journal of Economic History, March 2006
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Lawrence A. Peskin, "Manufacturing Revolution: The Intellectual Origins of Early American Industry," The Historian, Summer 2005
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Frank P. Jozsa, Jr, "Sports Capitalism: The Foreign Business of American Professional Leagues," Enterprise and Society, September 2005
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David M. Young, "The Iron Horse and the Windy City: How Railroads Shaped Chicago," EH.Net, September 2005
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J�Nell L. Pate, "America�s Historic Stockyards: Livestock Hotels," Business History Review, Autumn 2005
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Nancy S. Seasholes, "Gaining Ground: A History of Landmaking in Boston, in Journal of Economic History," Journal of Economic History, March 2004
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Phil Schaaf, "Sports, Inc.: 100 Years of Sports Business," Enterprise and Society, June 2004
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Andrew Wender Cohen, "The Racketeer�s Progress: Chicago and the Struggle for the Modern American Economy, 1900-1940," Eh. Net, July 2004
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Steven W. Usselman, "Regulating Railroad Innovation: Business, Technology, and Politics in America, 1840-1920," Journal of Economic Literature, December 2003
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Costas Spirou and Larry Bennett, "It's Hardly Sportin': Stadiums, Neighborhoods, and the New Chicago," Enterprise and Society, December 2003
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Michael H. Best, "The New Competitive Advantage: The Renewal of American Industry," Enterprise and Society, March 2003
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Samuel Rosenberg, "American Economic Development since 1945," Eh.Net, April 2003
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David Naguib Pellow, "Garbage Wars: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago," Business History Review, Spring 2003
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Kenneth L. Shropshire and Timothy Davis, "The Business of Sports Agents," Enterprise and Society, June 2003
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Walter W. Rostow, "Concept and Controversy: Sixty Years of Taking Ideas to Market," Eh.Net, July 2003
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David Massell, "Amassing Power: J. B. Duke and the Saguenay River, 1897-1927 ," Journal of American History, March 2002
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David Felix, "Keynes: A Critical Life," Enterprise and Society, Spring 2001
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David C. Mowery and Richard R. Nelson, editors, "Sources of Industrial Leadership: Studies of Seven Industries," Journal of Economic History, June 2000
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Karen S. Miller, "The Voice of Business: Hill & Knowlton and Postwar Public Relations," Enterprise and Society, March 2000
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Sarah Elkind, "Bay Cities and Water Politics: The Battle for Resources in Boston & Oakland," Pacific Historical Review, May 2000
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Melvin G. Holli, "The American Mayor: The Best and Worst Big-City Leaders," Journal of Politics, May 2000
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Susan Strasser, Charles McGovern, and Matthias Judt, editors, "Getting and Spending: European and American Consumer Societies in the Twentieth Century," Journal of Economic History, June 1999
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Gerald J. Baldasty, "E. W. Scripps and the Business of Newspapers," Journal of Economic History, September 1999
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Edwin J. Perkins, "Wall Street to Main Street: Charles Merrill and Middle-Class Investors," Journal of Economic History, December 1999
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David O. Whitten and Bessie E. Whitten, editors, "Extractives, Manufacturing, and Services: A Historiographical and Bibliographical Guide," Journal of Economic HistoryHistory, September 1998
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Michael D. Bordo, Claudia Goldin, and Eugene N. White, editors, "The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth Century," Eh.Net, September 1998
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Terence Kehoe, "Cleaning Up the Great Lakes," Journal of Economic History, December 1998
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Mark H. Rose, "Cities of Light and Heat: Domesticating Gas and Electricity in Urban America," The Annals, January 1997
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Jacob M. Price, "Tobacco in Atlantic Trade," Journal of Economic History, March 1997
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Stanley Lebergott, "Consumer Expenditures: New Measures & Old Motives," Journal of Economic Literature, June 1997
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Richard A. Matthews, "Fordism, Flexibility, and Regional Productivity Growth," Journal of Economic History, December 1997
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Lance Davis and Robert Cull, "International Capital Markets and American Economic Growth, 1820-1914," Journal of International and Comparative Economics, December 1997
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OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITY |
"An Interview with Louis Cain," The Newsletter of the Cliometric Society, Spring 2004 , Co-Authors: conducted by Werner Troesken
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"The Great Depression and the New Deal," Newberry Teachers' Consortium, Newberry Library, Chicago, October 2000
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"From Mud to Metropolis: Chicago Business Before the Fire," The Newberry Library, December 1998
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"Environmental Economics," Newberry Teachers' Consortium, Newberry Library, Chicago, December 1998
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