Economics Professor at Chapman University. President of ASREC. Author of Rulers, Religion and Riches http://amzn.to/3luy5qe and How the World Became Rich http://amzn.to/2ZZJetD
https://www.jaredcrubin.com/
https://www.howtheworldbecamerich.com/
Jared Rubin
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New working paper!
“On the Origins of Modern East Asia: Knowledge and the Economic Transformation of Japan and China in the Late 19th Century”
with Debin Ma and Weiwen Yin
Available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
Our paper is now published at QJE ... it is open access!!!
academic.oup.com/qje/article/...
Stories like this pop up often here. My take: this happens when the author is not making it clear what the advancement is relative to their own past work
It’s not reviewers being stupid. At best it’s bad writing. At worst it’s authors obfuscating to make the contribution seem bigger than it is
Annual update: Economics and Political Science of Religion Articles Published in Top Journals, 2000-present
Introducing my new paper with Clemence Tricaud. US election outcomes (margins of victory in the House, Senate and Electoral College), have become closer in recent decades, without a tightening of winning margins at the constituency level. We explain why. www.nber.org/papers/w34566
Course materials for my European Economic History course, which I will be teaching in January 2026
Syllabus: www.jaredcrubin.com/teaching/eur...
Term paper assignment (which I have tried to AI-proof, but 🤷): www.jaredcrubin.com/teaching/eur...
Slides: www.jaredcrubin.com/teaching/eur...
The Economic History Review has published a virtual issue collecting the contributions of 2025 Nobel Laureate Joel Mokyr in the journal. I had the privilege of writing the introductory essay. You can read it here, together with Joel's articles and reviews.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
Beginning in Summer 2026, I will be one of the co-editors of Journal of Economic History. I will be taking over from Bishnu Gupta, who has done a fantastic job the last four years.
Looking for papers asking big questions. Answers must be convincing, but methodology is secondary IMO
SIOE 2026 at INSEAD Fontainebleau! 13-15 July. Call: www.sioe.org/conference/2...
