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Alan L. Olmstead

Global rank #1662 98%

Institution: University of California-Davis

Primary Field: Economic History (weighted toward more recent publications)

Homepage: http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/alolmstead/

First Publication: 1969

Most Recent: 2020

RePEc ID: pol50 ↗

Publication Scores

Scores use coauthorship adjustment: α/n credit per paper, where n = number of authors. α = 2.01: calibrated so average adjusted count equals average raw count (a zero-sum adjustment).

Period S (4x) A (2x) B (1x) C (½x) Total
Last 5 Years 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Last 10 Years 0.00 2.01 3.02 0.00 7.04
All Time 2.01 2.01 36.93 0.00 49.00

Publication Statistics

Raw Publications 29
Coauthorship-Adjusted Count 41.13

Publications (29)

Year Article Journal Tier Authors
2020 Historical and Institutional Perspectives on American Agricultural Development American Journal of Agricultural Economics A 1
2018 Cotton, slavery, and the new history of capitalism Explorations in Economic History B 2
2016 Arresting Contagion: Science, Policy and Conflicts of Animal Disease Control. By Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2015. Pp. x, 455. $49.95, cloth. Journal of Economic History B 1
2015 The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism. By Edward E. Baptist. New York: Basic Books, 2014. Pp. xxvii, 498. $35.00, cloth. Journal of Economic History B 5
2013 Making Tobacco Bright: Creating an American Commodity, 1617–1937.. By Barbara Hahn. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. 2011. pp. x, 236. $60.00, hardcover. Journal of Economic History B 1
2012 Making Catfish Bait Out of Government Boys. By Claire Strom. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2010. $44.95, cloth; $24.95, paper. Journal of Economic History B 1
2010 Structures of Change in the Mechanical Age: Technological Innovation in the United States, 1790–1865. By Ross Thompson. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. Pp. xiv, 432. $68.00. Journal of Economic History B 1
2009 The Impact of the Boll Weevil, 1892–1932 Journal of Economic History B 3
2009 The First Line of Defense: Inventing the Infrastructure to Combat Animal Diseases Journal of Economic History B 1
2009 A Revolution Down on the Farm: The Transformation of American Agriculture Since 1929. By Paul K. Conkin. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2008. Pp. xiv, 223. $29.95. Journal of Economic History B 1
2008 Biological Innovation and Productivity Growth in the Antebellum Cotton Economy Journal of Economic History B 2
2007 Not on My Farm! Resistance to Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication in the United States Journal of Economic History B 2
2004 An Impossible Undertaking: The Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis in the United States Journal of Economic History B 2
2004 The “Tuberculous Cattle Trust”: Disease Contagion in an Era of Regulatory Uncertainty Journal of Economic History B 2
2003 Hog-Round Marketing, Seed Quality, and Government Policy: Institutional Change in U.S. Cotton Production, 1920–1960 Journal of Economic History B 2
2002 The Red Queen and the Hard Reds: Productivity Growth in American Wheat, 1800–1940 Journal of Economic History B 2
2001 RESHAPING THE LANDSCAPE: THE IMPACT AND DIFFUSION OF THE TRACTOR IN AMERICAN AGRICULTURE, 1910–1960 Journal of Economic History B 2
1999 “Horn of Plenty”: The Globalization of Mediterranean Horticulture and the Economic Development of Southern Europe, 1880–1930 Journal of Economic History B 3
1995 Beyond the Threshold: An Analysis of the Characteristics and Behavior of Early Reaper Adopters Journal of Economic History B 2
1993 Induced Innovation in American Agriculture: A Reconsideration. Journal of Political Economy S 2
1985 Rationing without Government: The West Coast Gas Famine of 1920. American Economic Review S 2
1982 The Rise of the Cotton Industry in California: A Comparative Perspective Journal of Economic History B 2
1979 The Diffusion of the Reaper: One More Time! Journal of Economic History B 1
1975 Institutional Change and American Economic Growth: A critique of Davis and North Explorations in Economic History B 2
1975 The Mechanization of Reaping and Mowing in American Agriculture, 1833–1870 Journal of Economic History B 1
1974 New York City Mutual Savings Bank Portfolio Management and Trustee Objectives Journal of Economic History B 1
1972 Investment Constraints and New York City Mutual Savings Bank Financing of Antebellum Development Journal of Economic History B 1
1971 New York City Mutual Savings Banks in the Ante-Bellum Years: A Dissertation Summary Journal of Economic History B 1
1969 Mutual Savings Banks: The Evolution of a Financial Intermediary. By Weldon Welfling. Cleveland: Case Western Reserve University Press, 1968. Pp. xvi, 307. $7.95. Journal of Economic History B 1