Fairleigh S. Dickinson, Jr. '41 Professor of Economics
Education
M.A. Yale University, Economics (2002)
M.Phil. Yale University, Economics (2003)
Ph.D. Yale University, Economics (2006)
Areas of Expertise
- Economic history
- Development economics
- Political economy
- Applied microeconomics
Courses
ECON 107 / SOC 217 SEM
Inequality in a Classless Society: The Soviet Experiment and its Aftermath (not offered 2023/24)ECON 219 TUT
Global Economic History (not offered 2023/24)ECON 220 LEC
We Hold These Truths: Growth, Change, and Struggle in American Economic History (not offered 2023/24)ECON 455 SEM
Research in Economic History: Sources, Methods, and Applications (not offered 2023/24)Scholarship/Creative Work
Select Recent Publications
“Financing Industrial Corporations in a Developing Economy: Panel Evidence from Imperial Russia” (with Amanda Gregg), Financial History Review (forthcoming)
“Eastern Europe and the Global Economy, 1800-1914,” (with Matthias Morys), in Matthias Morys, ed. The Economic History of Central, East, and South-East Europe, 1800 to the Present Day. London: Routledge, 2021. 97 – 127.
“The Slow Road from Serfdom: Labor Coercion and Long-Run Development in the Former Russian Empire” (with Johannes Buggle), The Review of Economics and Statistics 103.1 (2021): 1-17.
“Capital Structure and Corporate Performance in Late Imperial Russia” (with Amanda Gregg) European Review of Economic History 23.4 (2019): 446-481.
“Collective Action and Representation in Autocracies: Evidence from Russia’s Great Reforms” (with Paul Dower, Evgeny Finkel and Scott Gelbach), American Political Science Review 112.1 (2018): 125-147.
Select Working and Submitted Papers
“Shareholder Democracy under Autocracy: Voting Rights and Corporate Performance in Imperial Russia” (with Amy Dayton and Amanda Gregg), Working paper, 2023
“The Births, Lives, and Deaths of Corporations in Late Imperial Russia” (with Amanda Gregg), Working paper, 2023
“Violent Backlash to Political Reform: Evidence from Anti-Jewish Pogroms in the 1905 Russian Revolution,” (with Paul Dower, Scott Gehlbach, and Dmitri Kofanov), Working paper, 2023
“The Political Economy of Rural Primary Education in Imperial Russia,” (with Viktor Malein), Working paper, 2023
Awards, Fellowships & Grants
NSF Award #1948979: “Cliometrics Conferences for 2021, 2022, and 2023,” 2020 – 2023 [Co-PI with Christopher Hanes and Susan Wolcott, Binghamton University]
NSF Award #1658877: “Corporate Law, Finance, and Productivity in Historical Perspective,” 2017-2021 [Collaborative grant with Amanda Gregg, Middlebury College]
2019 Michael Wallerstein Award, Political Economy Section, American Political Science Association (joint with Paul Dower, Evgeny Finkel, and Scott Gehlbach)
Professional Affiliations
Trustee, European Historical Economics Society (2023 – )
Co-Editor, European Review of Economic History
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