James Fenske

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• University of Warwick / Department of Economics
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• Does Land Abundance Explain African Institutions?
  Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center (2009)
  by Fenske, James
  (ReDIF-paper, ags:yaleeg:55707)
• Land abundance and economic institutions: Egba land and slavery, 1830–1914
  Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2012)
  by James Fenske
  (ReDIF-article, bla:ehsrev:v:65:y:2012:i:2:p:527-555)
• C. A. Bayly , Vijayendra Rao , Simon Szreter , and Michael Woolcock , eds., History, historians and development policy: a necessary dialogue ( Manchester University Press , 2011 . Pp. xii + 276. 4 fig
  Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2012)
  by James Fenske
  (ReDIF-article, bla:ehsrev:v:65:y:2012:i:4:p:1590-1591)
• The battle for rubber in Benin
  Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2014)
  by James Fenske
  (ReDIF-article, bla:ehsrev:v:67:y:2014:i:4:p:1012-1034)
• Ecology, Trade, And States In Pre-Colonial Africa
  Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2014)
  by James Fenske
  (ReDIF-article, bla:jeurec:v:12:y:2014:i:3:p:612-640)
• Demographic Shocks And Women'S Labor Market Participation: Evidence From The 1918 Influenza Pandemic In India
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020)
  by Gupta, Bishnupriya & Fenske, James & Yuan, Song
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:15077)
• Climate, ecosystem resilience and the slave trade
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2013)
  by Fenske, James & Kala, Namrata
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:9449)
• Ecology, trade and states in pre-colonial Africa
  CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2012)
  by James Fenske
  (ReDIF-paper, csa:wpaper:2012-18)
• Imachi Nkwu: Trade and the commons
  CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2012)
  by James Fenske
  (ReDIF-paper, csa:wpaper:2012-19)
• African polygamy: Past and present
  CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2012)
  by James Fenske
  (ReDIF-paper, csa:wpaper:2012-20)
• Climate, ecosystem resilience and the slave trade
  CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2012)
  by James Fenske & Namrata Kala
  (ReDIF-paper, csa:wpaper:2012-23)
• War, resilience and political engagement in Africa
  CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2013)
  by Achyuta Adhvaryu & James Fenske
  (ReDIF-paper, csa:wpaper:2013-08)
• 1807: Economic shocks, conflict and the slave trade
  CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2014)
  by James Fenske & Namrata Kala
  (ReDIF-paper, csa:wpaper:2014-02)
• Early Life Circumstance and Mental Health in Ghana
  CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2014)
  by Achyuta Adhvaryu & James Fenske & Anant Nyshadham
  (ReDIF-paper, csa:wpaper:2014-03)
• Is Africa Different? Historical Conflict and State Development
  CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2014)
  by Mark Dincecco & James Fenske & Massimiliano Gaetano Onorato
  (ReDIF-paper, csa:wpaper:2014-35)
• Economic shocks and unrest in French West Africa
  CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2015)
  by Cornelius Christian & James Fenske
  (ReDIF-paper, csa:wpaper:2015-01)
• Oil and ethnic inequality in Nigeria
  CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2015)
  by James Fenske & Igor Zurimendi
  (ReDIF-paper, csa:wpaper:2015-02)
• Fetal origins of mental health: evidence from Africa
  CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2015)
  by Achyuta Adhvaryu & James Fenske & Namrata Kala & Anant Nyshadham
  (ReDIF-paper, csa:wpaper:2015-15)
• Dust and Death: Evidence from the West African Harmattan
  CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2016)
  by Achyuta Adhvaryu & Prashant Bharadwaj & James Fenske & Anant Nyshadham & Richard Stanley
  (ReDIF-paper, csa:wpaper:2016-03)
• Imachi Nkwu: Trade and the Commons
  The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2014)
  by Fenske, James
  (ReDIF-article, cup:jechis:v:74:y:2014:i:01:p:39-68_00)
• Debt and Slavery in the Mediterranean and Atlantic Worlds. Edited by Gwyn Campbell and Alessandro Stanziani. London: Pickering & Chatto. 2013. $99.00, hardcover
  The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2014)
  by Fenske, James
  (ReDIF-article, cup:jechis:v:74:y:2014:i:02:p:646-647_00)
• Economic Growth and Measurement Reconsidered in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia, 1965–1995. By Morten Jerven. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Pp. vi, 215. $90.00
  The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2016)
  by Fenske, James
  (ReDIF-article, cup:jechis:v:76:y:2016:i:04:p:1267-1269_00)
• Freedom’s Debtors: British Antislavery in Sierra Leone in the Age of Revolution. By Padraic X. Scanlan. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2017. Pp. xiv, 320. $40.00, hardcover
  The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2019)
  by Fenske, James
  (ReDIF-article, cup:jechis:v:79:y:2019:i:03:p:899-900_00)
• Linguistic Distance and Market Integration in India
  The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2021)
  by Fenske, James & Kala, Namrata
  (ReDIF-article, cup:jechis:v:81:y:2021:i:1:p:1-39_1)
• Does Land Abundance Explain African Institutions?
  Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2013)
  by James Fenske
  (ReDIF-article, ecj:econjl:v:123:y:2013:i:12:p:1363-1390)
• Does Land Abundance Explain African Institutions?
  Working Papers, Yale University, Department of Economics (2009)
  by Fenske, James
  (ReDIF-paper, ecl:yaleco:74)
• Revealed Preference Tests of the Cournot Model
  Econometrica, Econometric Society (2013)
  by Andrés Carvajal & Rahul Deb & James Fenske & John K.‐H. Quah
  (ReDIF-article, ecm:emetrp:v:81:y:2013:i:6:p:2351-2379)
• Trees, tenure and conflict: Rubber in colonial Benin
  Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2014)
  by Fenske, James
  (ReDIF-article, eee:deveco:v:110:y:2014:i:c:p:226-238)
• Climate and the slave trade
  Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2015)
  by Fenske, James & Kala, Namrata
  (ReDIF-article, eee:deveco:v:112:y:2015:i:c:p:19-32)
• African polygamy: Past and present
  Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2015)
  by Fenske, James
  (ReDIF-article, eee:deveco:v:117:y:2015:i:c:p:58-73)
• 1807: Economic shocks, conflict and the slave trade
  Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2017)
  by Fenske, James & Kala, Namrata
  (ReDIF-article, eee:deveco:v:126:y:2017:i:c:p:66-76)
• Resources, conflict, and economic development in Africa
  Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2021)
  by Adhvaryu, Achyuta & Fenske, James & Khanna, Gaurav & Nyshadham, Anant
  (ReDIF-article, eee:deveco:v:149:y:2021:i:c:s0304387820301735)
• Land tenure and investment incentives: Evidence from West Africa
  Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2011)
  by Fenske, James
  (ReDIF-article, eee:deveco:v:95:y:2011:i:2:p:137-156)
• “Rubber will not keep in this country”: Failed development in Benin, 1897–1921
  Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2013)
  by Fenske, James
  (ReDIF-article, eee:exehis:v:50:y:2013:i:2:p:316-333)
• Intra-household labor allocation in colonial Nigeria
  Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2016)
  by Arthi, Vellore & Fenske, James
  (ReDIF-article, eee:exehis:v:60:y:2016:i:c:p:69-92)
• The Green revolution and infant mortality in India
  Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2020)
  by Bharadwaj, Prashant & Fenske, James & Kala, Namrata & Mirza, Rinchan Ali
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jhecon:v:71:y:2020:i:c:s0167629618307574)
• Does Land Abundance Explain African Institutions?
  Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2009)
  by James Fenske
  (ReDIF-paper, egc:wpaper:981)
• Labour and health in Colonial Nigeria
  Working Papers, Economic History Society (2013)
  by Vellore Arthi & James Fenske
  (ReDIF-paper, ehs:wpaper:13032)
• Climate, ecosystem resilience and the slave trade
  Working Papers, Economic History Society (2013)
  by James Fenske & Namrata Kala
  (ReDIF-paper, ehs:wpaper:13036)
• Conflict and the Formation of Political Beliefs in Africa
  HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network (2014)
  by Achyuta Adhvaryu & James Fenske
  (ReDIF-paper, hic:wpaper:164)
• Resources, Conflict, and Economic Development in Africa
  HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network (2018)
  by Achyuta Adhvaryu & James Fenske & Gaurav Khanna & Anant Nyshadham
  (ReDIF-paper, hic:wpaper:272)
• Demographic Shocks and Wowen's Labor Market Participation: Evidence from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in India
  Discussion paper series, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University (2020)
  by Fenske, James & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Yuan, And Song
  (ReDIF-paper, hit:hiasdp:hias-e-102)
• Is Africa Different? Historical Conflict and State Development
  Working Papers, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (2015)
  by Mark Dincecco & James Fenske & Massimiliano Gaetano Onorato
  (ReDIF-paper, ial:wpaper:8/2015)
• Oil and ethnic inequality in Nigeria
  Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2017)
  by James Fenske & Igor Zurimendi
  (ReDIF-article, kap:jecgro:v:22:y:2017:i:4:d:10.1007_s10887-017-9149-8)
• Polygamy and child mortality: Historical and modern evidence from Nigeria’s Igbo
  Review of Economics of the Household, Springer (2018)
  by Vellore Arthi & James Fenske
  (ReDIF-article, kap:reveho:v:16:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1007_s11150-016-9353-x)
• Resources, Conflict, and Economic Development in Africa
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018)
  by Achyuta Adhvaryu & James E. Fenske & Gaurav Khanna & Anant Nyshadham
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:24309)
• Dust and Death: Evidence from the West African Harmattan
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019)
  by Achyuta Adhvaryu & Prashant Bharadwaj & James Fenske & Anant Nyshadham & Richard Stanley
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:25937)
• How Rules and Compliance Impact Organizational Outcomes: Evidence from Delegation in Environmental Regulation
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
  by James Fenske & Muhammad Haseeb & Namrata Kala
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:31991)
• The Battle for Rubber in Benin
  Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2012)
  by James Fenske
  (ReDIF-paper, oxf:esohwp:_107)
• "Rubber will not keep in this country": Failed Development in Benin, 1897-1921
  Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2012)
  by James Fenske
  (ReDIF-paper, oxf:esohwp:_108)
• Labour and Health in Colonial Nigeria
  Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2013)
  by James Fenske & Vellore Arthi
  (ReDIF-paper, oxf:esohwp:_114)
• Revealed Preference Tests of the Cournot Model
  Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2010)
  by James Fenske & John Quah & Andres Carvajal & Rahul Deb
  (ReDIF-paper, oxf:wpaper:506)
• Early Life Circumstance and Adult Mental Health
  Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2014)
  by James Fenske & Achyuta Adhvaryu & Anant Nyshadham
  (ReDIF-paper, oxf:wpaper:698)
• A Nonparametric Test of Strategic Behavior in the Cournot Model
  MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2009)
  by Deb, Rahul & Fenske, James
  (ReDIF-paper, pra:mprapa:16560)
• Land abundance and economic institutions: Egba land and slavery, 1830-1914
  MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010)
  by Fenske, James
  (ReDIF-paper, pra:mprapa:22959)
• Partition, migration, and jute cultivation in India
  MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010)
  by Fenske, James & Bharadwaj, Prashant
  (ReDIF-paper, pra:mprapa:22979)
• Institutions in African history and development: A review essay
  MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010)
  by Fenske, James
  (ReDIF-paper, pra:mprapa:23120)
• Does land abundance explain African institutions?
  MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010)
  by Fenske, James
  (ReDIF-paper, pra:mprapa:23222)
• "Rubber will not keep in this country": Failed development in Benin, 1897-1921
  MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010)
  by Fenske, James
  (ReDIF-paper, pra:mprapa:23415)
• Trees, tenure and conflict: Rubber in colonial Benin
  MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010)
  by Fenske, James
  (ReDIF-paper, pra:mprapa:26244)
• Ecology, trade and states in pre-colonial Africa
  MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010)
  by Fenske, James
  (ReDIF-paper, pra:mprapa:27203)
• Imachi Nkwu: Trade and the commons
  MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2012)
  by Fenske, James
  (ReDIF-paper, pra:mprapa:36759)
• Climate, ecosystem resilience and the slave trade
  MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2012)
  by Fenske, James & Kala, Namrata
  (ReDIF-paper, pra:mprapa:38398)
• African polygamy: Past and present
  MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2012)
  by Fenske, James
  (ReDIF-paper, pra:mprapa:41618)
• Climate, ecosystem resilience and the slave trade
  MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2013)
  by Fenske, James & Kala, Namrata
  (ReDIF-paper, pra:mprapa:50816)
• A nonparametric analysis of multi-product oligopolies
  Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET) (2014)
  by Andrés Carvajal & Rahul Deb & James Fenske & John Quah
  (ReDIF-article, spr:joecth:v:57:y:2014:i:2:p:253-277)
• Partition, Migration, and Jute Cultivation in India
  Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2011)
  by Prashant Bharadwaj & James Fenske
  (ReDIF-article, taf:jdevst:v:48:y:2012:i:8:p:1084-1107)
• Is Africa Different? Historical Conflict and State Development
  Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals (2019)
  by Mark Dincecco & James Fenske & Massimiliano Gaetano Onorato
  (ReDIF-article, taf:rehdxx:v:34:y:2019:i:2:p:209-250)
• Early Life Circumstance and Adult Mental Health
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2019)
  by Achyuta Adhvaryu & James Fenske & Anant Nyshadham
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:doi:10.1086/701606)
• Trees, Tenure and Conflict: Rubber in Colonial Benin
  WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2011)
  by James Fenske
  (ReDIF-paper, unu:wpaper:wp-2011-029)
• L’Étranger: Status, Property Rights, and Investment Incentives in Côte d’Ivoire
  Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press (2010)
  by James Fenske
  (ReDIF-article, uwp:landec:v:86:y:2010:iv:1:p:621-644)
• The Green Revolution and Infant Mortality in India
  The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics (2018)
  by Bharadwaj, Prashant & Fenske, James & Mirza, Rinchan Ali & Namrata Kala,
  (ReDIF-paper, wrk:warwec:1175)
• Attribution Bias by Gender: Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment
  The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics (2020)
  by Fenske, James & Castagnetti, Alessandro & Sharma, Karmini
  (ReDIF-paper, wrk:warwec:1239)
• Pre-Colonial Warfare and Long-Run Development in India
  The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics (2020)
  by Dincecco, Mark & Fenske, James & Menon, Anil & Mukherjee, Shivaji
  (ReDIF-paper, wrk:warwec:1272)
• Demographic shocks and women’s labor market participation : evidence from the 1918 influenza pandemic in india
  The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics (2020)
  by Fenske, James & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Yuan, Song
  (ReDIF-paper, wrk:warwec:1286)
• Tradition and mortality: Evidence from twin infanticide in Africa
  The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics (2020)
  by Fenske, James & Wang, Shizhou
  (ReDIF-paper, wrk:warwec:1317)
• The Columbian Exchange and conflict in Asia
  The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics (2020)
  by Dincecco, Mark & Fenske, James & Menon, Anil
  (ReDIF-paper, wrk:warwec:1319)
• Did railways affect literacy? Evidence from India
  The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics (2020)
  by Chaudhary, Latika & Fenske, James
  (ReDIF-paper, wrk:warwec:1320)
• Railways and cities in India
  The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics (2021)
  by Fenske, James & Kala, Namrata & Wei, Jinlin
  (ReDIF-paper, wrk:warwec:1349)