We discuss recent work evaluating the role of the government in shaping the economy
during the long nineteenth century, a practice we refer to as industrial policy. States …

We examine the role of universities in knowledge production and industrial change using
historical evidence. Political shocks led to a profound pro-science shift in German …

With the increasing interactions between rural communities and wildlife, understanding the
influence of informal institutions on farmers' adaptive behaviors towards wildlife incidents …

We study whether interactions between individuals with different skills, expertise and
perspectives influenced innovation in US counties from 1850 to 1940. We introduce and …

Pre-industrial European academic institutions are often assumed to have been flawed, with
misallocated resources and talent. In this paper, I examine the role of academies, dynamic …

In this chapter we trace cliometric research on German history. Our narrative is based on a
newly constructed database of every publication which (1) is “cliometric” as per our definition …

Outlining an integrative theory of knowledge, Francisco Javier Carrillo explores how to
understand the underlying behavioural basis of the knowledge economy and society …

This paper examines how the worship of ancient wisdom affects economic progress in
historical China, where the learned class embraced classical wisdom for millennia but …

The accumulation of knowledge and its application to a variety of human needs is a
discontinuous process that involves innovation and change. While much has been written …

When did western cities become the engines of creativity modern theorists envision them to
be? We approach this issue by investigating how much elite authors benefited from …