Journal of Economic History

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Economic History is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
A Millennial View of Spain’s Development. Essays in Economic History. By Leandro Prados de la Escosura. Cham: Springer and Fundación Rafael del Pino, 2024. Pp. Xxxii, 375. Open Access.67
The Efficiency of Occupational Licensing during the Gilded and Progressive Eras: Evidence from Judicial Review40
JEH volume 85 issue 3 Cover and Back matter26
The Brew Deal: How Beer Helped Battle the Great Depression. By Jason E. Taylor. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. Pp. v, 274. $29.35, paper.23
Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting22
JEH volume 86 issue 1 Cover and Back matter22
State Formation and Bureaucratization: Evidence from Pre-Imperial China18
Like Father Like Son? Intergenerational Immobility in England, 1851–191116
Before the Fed: J.P. Morgan, America’s Lender of Last Resort. By Jon Moen and Mary Tone Rodgers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025. Pp. 270. $45.00, hardcover; $45.00, eBook.16
Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success. By Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan. New York: PublicAffairs, 2022. Pp. vii, 223. $29.00, hardcover.15
Editors’ Report for 202315
The Price and Welfare Consequences of the British Sugar Act of 184615
Market Access and Information Technology Adoption: Historical Evidence from the Telephone in Bavaria14
British-French Technology Transfer from the Revolution to Louis Philippe (1791–1844): Evidence from Patent Data14
Whither Education? The Long Shadow of Pre-Unification School Systems into Italy’s Liberal Age (1861–1911)14
Pronatalist Policies’ Backlash in Authoritarian Regimes14
Internal Migration in the United States: Rates, Selection, and Destination Choice, 1850–194014
Dissecting the Sinews of Power: International Trade and the Rise of Britain’s Fiscal-Military State, 1689–182313
Economic History of the European Energy Industry: Lighting up Western Europe, 19th to 21st Centuries. Edited by Alberte Martínez-López, Jesús Mirás-Araujo, and Nuria Rodríguez-Martín. London and New Y12
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Crises and Educational Attainment11
An Exchange Rate History of the United Kingdom, 1945–1992. By Alain Naef. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Pp. xx, 246. £85.00, hardcover.10
Eligibility to the Central Bank in Times of Crises: Evidence from France, 1863–18909
The Political Economy of Commodity Cartel Formation: The Case of Coffee, 1930–1940 —ADDENDUM9
Economic Uncertainty and Divisive Politics: Evidence from the dos Españas9
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Urban Political Structure and Inequality: Political Economy Lessons from Early Modern German Cities8
Institutions, Local Agency, and Allegiance: Healthcare Provision in Colonial India8
Job Tenure and Unskilled Workers before the Industrial Revolution: St Paul’s Cathedral 1672–17488
Dust Bowl Migrants: Environmental Refugees and Economic Adaptation8
The Feudal Origins of Manorial Prosperity: Social Interactions in Eleventh-Century England8
JEH volume 85 issue 1 Cover and Back matter7
Tropical Despotisms: Enlightened Reform in the French Caribbean. By David Allen Harvey . Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2024. Pp. 306. $64.95, hardcover.7
Taming the Global Financial Cycle: Central Banks as Shock Absorbers in the First Era of Globalization7
Controlling Contagion: Epidemics and Institutions from the Black Death to COVID-19. By Sheilagh C. Ogilvie. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2025. Pp. 544. $45.00, hardcover.7
Reconstruction Aid, Public Infrastructure, and Economic Development: The Case of the Marshall Plan in Italy7
Classicism and Modern Growth: The Shadow of the Sages6
Zombie International Currency: The Pound Sterling 1945–19716
Political Dynasties in Defense of Democracy: The Case of France’s 1940 Enabling Act6
Railways, Development, and Literacy in India6
Napoleonic Administrative Reforms and Development in the Italian Mezzogiorno6
Pawned States: State Building in the Era of International Finance. By Didac Queralt. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022. Pp. xiii, 343. $120.00, cloth; $35.00, paper.6
We Do Not Know the Population of Every Country in the World for the Past Two Thousand Years6
Catching-Up and Falling Behind: Russian Economic Growth, 1690s–1880s5
The HOLC Maps: How Race and Poverty Influenced Real Estate Professionals’ Evaluation of Lending Risk in the 1930s5
Summaries of Doctoral Dissertations5
The Great Depression as a Savings Glut5
Reconstructing History: Using Language to Estimate Religious Spread5
Droughts, Conflicts, and the Importance of Democratic Legitimacy: Evidence from Pre-Industrial Europe5
JEH volume 84 issue 1 Cover and Back matter4
Railroad Bailouts in the Great Depression4
Gender and Racial Differences in Migration Behavior: Evidence from the Farm Exodus within and out of the U.S. South, 1900–19404
Happily Ever After: Immigration, Natives’ Marriage, and Fertility4
Endogenous Political Legitimacy: The Tudor Roots of England’s Constitutional Governance4
Private Finance, Public Power: A History of Bank Supervision in America. By Peter Conti-Brown and Sean H. Vanatta. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2025. Pp. 412. $39.95, hardcover.4
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Social Mobility in Sweden before the Welfare State4
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