Research in Economic History

In this new volume of Research in Economic History, editors Christopher Hanes and Susan Wolcott bring together a cast of expert contributors to vigorously interrogate and analyze historic economics questions, looking across the political economy of the US, European history, and longstanding economic debates.

Christopher Hanes has been Professor of Economics at the State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton University) since 2003. Most of his research has been in American macroeconomic history. His publications have appeared in journals including the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, the Journal of Economic History, and Explorations in Economic History. Susan Wolcott is an Associate Professor in the Economics Department at Binghamton University. She primarily works on issues related to the colonial development of India. Her publications include ＂Why Nations Fail,＂ from the Journal of Economic History, 1999, and ＂Strikes in Colonial India,＂ published in the Industrial and Labor Relations Review 2008.