Economic History Scott Carson

Economic History

Living standards in Black and White: evidence from the heights of Ohio Prison inmates, 1829-1913.

The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in the economic history literature. Moreover, a number of core findings are widely agreed upon. There are still some populations, places, and times, however, for which anthropometric evidence remains limited. One such example is 19th century African-Americans in the Northern US. Here, we use new data from the Oh...

An Overview of Satellite Communications: Topics in Satellite Television

A Spiking Model for Binocular Rivalry

Behavioral spillovers and cognitive load in multiple games: An experimental study

Article history: Received 14 December 2009 Available online xxxx JEL classification: C72 C91 D03